leafhopper
any of numerous leaping, homopterous insects of the family Cicadellidae that suck plant juices, many being serious crop pests.
Origin of leafhopper
1- Also called jassid.
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How to use leafhopper in a sentence
The grape leaf-hopper and the grape-vine flea-beetle are possibly the worst of the insects infesting the grapes about these lakes.
The Grapes of New York | U. P. HedrickDoes not ripen its wood well and is slightly tender and very susceptible to leaf-hopper here.
The Grapes of New York | U. P. HedrickErythroneura tricincta, or the Three-banded Leaf-hopper, is like the preceding species, but the bands are narrower.
American Pomology | J. A. WarderThe most outstanding species in New Zealand is the apple leaf-hopper (Typhlocyba australis).
Garden Pests in New Zealand | D. MillerMost of us are only too well acquainted with the rose-leaf hopper that swarms on rose bushes and kills the leaves.
The Insect Folk | Margaret Warner Morley
British Dictionary definitions for leaf-hopper
any homopterous insect of the family Cicadellidae, including various pests of crops
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