Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A hemipterous insect of the family Jassidæ.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun A small leaping insect that sucks the juices of plants.
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- noun zoology Any insect of the
family Cicadellidae .
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- noun small leaping insect that sucks the juices of plants
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The rose bush may have lice or it may have a little green bug that jumps very quickly and so gets its name of leaf-hopper.
The Library of Work and Play: Gardening and Farming. Ellen Eddy Shaw
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