Ho*mop"te*ra (?), n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. the same, like + 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 Hemiptera.

 

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