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tree·hop·per (tr

Any of numerous, generally small homopterous insects of the family Membracidae, found mostly in the tropics and having mouthparts adapted to sucking the sap from trees.

treehopper [ˈtriːˌhɒpə]

(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Animals) any homopterous insect of the family Membracidae, which live among trees and other plants and typically have a large hoodlike thoracic process curving backwards over the body

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treehopper - small leaping insect that sucks juices of branches and twigs

plant hopper, planthopper - related to the leafhoppers and spittlebugs but rarely damages cultivated plants

family Membracidae, Membracidae - plant hoppers: treehoppers

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