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MEMBRACIDAE

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

Plant hoppers: treehoppers

Synonyms:

family Membracidae; Membracidae

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("Membracidae" is a kind of...):

arthropod family (any of the arthropods)

Meronyms (members of "Membracidae"):

treehopper (small leaping insect that sucks juices of branches and twigs)

Holonyms ("Membracidae" is a member of...):

Homoptera; suborder Homoptera (plant lice (aphids); whiteflies; cicadas; leafhoppers; plant hoppers; scale insects and mealybugs; spittle insects)

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