noun
related to the leafhoppers and spittlebugs but rarely damages cultivated plants
• Syn: ↑plant hopper
• Hypernyms: ↑homopterous insect, ↑homopteran
• Hyponyms: ↑treehopper, ↑lantern fly, ↑lantern-fly
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/plant"hop'euhr, plahnt"-/, n.
any member of a large and varied group of homopterous insects that are related to the leafhoppers and the spittlebugs but rarely damage cultivated plants.
[PLANT + HOPPER]
Useful english dictionary. 2012.