Word Meanings - HOMOPTERA - Book Publishers vocabulary database

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.

Related words: (words related to HOMOPTERA)

• FOLDLESS
  Having no fold. Milman.
• HEMIPTERAL; HEMIPTEROUS
  Of or pertaining to the Hemiptera.
• SIMILARY
  Similar. Rhyming cadences of similarly words. South.
• WHICHEVER; WHICHSOEVER
  Whether one or another; whether one or the other; which; that one which; as, whichever road you take, it will lead you to town.
• FOLDER
  One who, or that which, folds; esp., a flat, knifelike instrument used for folding paper.
• WHICH
  the root of hwa who + lic body; hence properly, of what sort or kind; akin to OS. hwilik which, OFries. hwelik, D. welk, G. welch, OHG. welih, hwelih, Icel. hvilikr, Dan. & Sw. hvilken, Goth. hwileiks, 1. Of what sort or kind; what; what a; who.
• SIMILARLY
  In a similar manner.
• HEMIPTERA
  An order of hexapod insects having a jointed proboscis, including four sharp stylets , for piercing. In many of the species the front wings are partially coriaceous, and different from the others. Note: They are divided into the Heteroptera,
• TEXTURE
  A tissue. See Tissue. (more info) 1. The act or art of weaving. Sir T. Browne. 2. That which woven; a woven fabric; a web. Milton. Others, apart far in the grassy dale, Or roughening waste, their humble texture weave. Thomson. 3. The disposition
• CICADA
  Any species of the genus Cicada. They are large hemipterous insects, with nearly transparent wings. The male makes a shrill sound by pecular organs in the under side of the abdomen, consisting of a pair of stretched membranes, acted upon by powerful
• FOLDING
  The keepig of sheep in inclosures on arable land, etc. Folding boat, a portable boat made by stretching canvas, etc., over jointed framework, used in campaigning, and by tourists, etc. Ham. Nav. Encyc. Folding chairFolding door, one of two or more
• SUBORDER
  A division of an order; a group of genera of a little lower rank than an order and of greater importance than a tribe or family; as, cichoraceous plants form a suborder of Compositæ.
• HEMIPTERAN
  One of the Hemiptera; an hemipter.
• SIMILARITY
  The quality or state of being similar; likeness; resemblance; as, a similarity of features. Hardly is there a similarity detected between two or three facts, than men hasten to extend it to all. Sir W. Hamilton.
• OVERLAP
  An extension of geological beds above and beyond others, as in a conformable series of beds, when the upper beds extend over a wider space than the lower, either in one or in all directions. (more info) 1. The lapping of one thing over another;
• FOLDAGE
  See FALDAGE
• SIMILAR
  1. Exactly corresponding; resembling in all respects; precisely like. 2. Nearly corresponding; resembling in many respects; somewhat like; having a general likeness. 3. Homogenous; uniform. Boyle. Similar figures , figures which differ from
• FOLD
  falten, Icel. falda, Dan. folde, Sw. fålla, Goth. fal, cf. Gr.pu a 1. To lap or lay in plaits or folds; to lay one part over another part of; to double; as, to fold cloth; to fold a letter. As a vesture shalt thou fold them up. Heb. i. 12. 2.
• FOLDEROL
  Nonsense.
• MANIFOLD
  1. Various in kind or quality; many in number; numerous; multiplied; complicated. O Lord, how manifold are thy works! Ps. civ. 24. I know your manifold transgressions. Amos v. 12. 2. Exhibited at divers times or in various ways; -- used to qualify
• EIGHTFOLD
  Eight times a quantity.
• INFOLD
  1. To wrap up or cover with folds; to envelop; to inwrap; to inclose; to involve. Gilded tombs do worms infold. Shak. Infold his limbs in bands. Blackmore. 2. To clasp with the arms; to embrace. Noble Banquo, . . . let me infold thee, And hold
• MILLIFOLD
  Thousandfold. Davies .
• DISSIMILARLY
  In a dissimilar manner; in a varied style. With verdant shrubs dissimilarly gay. C. Smart.
• UNFOLDER
  One who, or that which, unfolds.
• MULTIFOLD
  Many times doubled; manifold; numerous.
• FIVEFOLD
  In fives; consisting of five in one; five repeated; quintuple.
• FOURFOLD
  Four times; quadruple; as, a fourfold division. He snall restore the lamb fourfold. 2 Sam. xii. 6.
• UNFOLDMENT
  The acct of unfolding, or the state of being unfolded. The extreme unfoldment of the instinctive powers. C. Morris.
• BIFOLD
  Twofold; double; of two kinds, degrees, etc. Shak.
• SIXFOLD
  Six times repeated; six times as much or as many.
• SEVENFOLD
  Repeated seven times; having seven thicknesses; increased to seven times the size or amount. "Sevenfold rage." Milton.
• PRETEXTURE
  A pretext.