JASSIDAE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Jassidae mean? 

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

1. family of small leafhoppers coextensive with the Cicadellidae and not distinguished from it in some classifications

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• JASSIDAE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Family of small leafhoppers coextensive with the Cicadellidae and not distinguished from it in some classifications

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

family Jassidae; Jassidae

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

arthropod family (any of the arthropods)

Meronyms (members of "Jassidae"):

leafhopper (small leaping insect that sucks the juices of plants)

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

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