MEMBRACIDAE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Membracidae mean? 

• MEMBRACIDAE (noun)
  The noun MEMBRACIDAE has 1 sense:

1. plant hoppers: treehoppers

  Familiarity information: MEMBRACIDAE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• MEMBRACIDAE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Plant hoppers: treehoppers

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

family Membracidae; Membracidae

Hypernyms ("Membracidae" is a kind of...):

arthropod family (any of the arthropods)

Meronyms (members of "Membracidae"):

treehopper (small leaping insect that sucks juices of branches and twigs)

Holonyms ("Membracidae" is a member of...):

Homoptera; suborder Homoptera (plant lice (aphids); whiteflies; cicadas; leafhoppers; plant hoppers; scale insects and mealybugs; spittle insects)