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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun Any of various small, chiefly tropical, plant-feeding insects of the family Membracidae, having an elongated often ornate prothorax.

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  • noun An insect of the family Membracidae.

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  • noun small leaping insect that sucks juices of branches and twigs

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tree +‎ hopper

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