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empoascan

empoascan adjective: belonging to Empoasca, a genus of leafhoppers.

Adjective

empoascan (not comparable)

  1. Belonging to Empoasca, a genus of leafhoppers.
    • More work is also needed to clarify whether Empoasca onukii injures other plants besides tea, or if there are other empoascan species attacking tea shrubs in these areas.2015 October 1, “Clarification of the Identity of the Tea Green Leafhopper Based on Morphological Comparison between Chinese and Japanese Specimens”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI

Origin of empoascan

From Empoasca + -an.

Questions about empoascan

What does empoascan mean?
Empoascan means belonging to Empoasca, a genus of leafhoppers.
What part of speech is empoascan?
Empoascan is an adjective.

Words near empoascan in the dictionary

  1. empluming
  2. emplunge
  3. emplunged
  4. emplunges
  5. emplunging
  6. empoascan
  7. empocket
  8. empodia
  9. empodial
  10. empodium
  11. empoison

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