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Webster 1913 Edition

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Noun.

pl.

[NL., fr. Gr. [GREEK] the same, like + [GREEK] wing.]

(Zool.)

A suborder of Hemiptera, in which both pairs of wings are similar in texture, and do not overlap when folded, as in the cicada. See

Homoptera

(obsolete) A taxonomic suborder within the order Hemiptera – a paraphyletic grouping of aphids, scale insects, cicadas, and leafhoppers.