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leafhoppers

leafhoppers is the plural of leafhopper.

Meaning of leafhopper

Noun

leafhopper (plural leafhoppers)

  1. Any insect of the family Cicadellidae.
    • The prominent leaf defoliators, as the rose-chafer and flea-beetle, frequently destroy or vastly injure the crop over large districts, and the little leaf-hopper, though rarely preventing a partial crop, is so uniformly present and widely distributed as to probably levy a heavier tribute on the...1898, C. L. Marlatt, The Principal Insect Enemies of the Grape, page 3
    Synonyms:
    hopper

Phrases with leafhoppers

Questions about leafhoppers

What is leafhoppers the plural of?
Leafhoppers is the plural of leafhopper.

Words near leafhoppers in the dictionary

  1. leaffolders
  2. leafful
  3. leaffuls
  4. leafhopper
  5. leafhopper assassin bug
  6. leafhoppers
  7. Leafield
  8. leafier
  9. leafiest
  10. leafily
  11. leafiness

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