leafhopper
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of leafhopper
Example Sentences
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The glassy-winged sharpshooter is a large leafhopper native to certain parts of North America, including northeastern Mexico, but invasive in California.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 14, 2026
According to the authors, sideways walking may represent a rare evolutionary innovation seen mainly in true crabs, and possibly in a few other groups like crab spiders and leafhopper nymphs.
From Science Daily ● May 2, 2026
The last recorded sighting of a leafhopper from the Phlogis genus was in the Central African Republic in 1969.
From BBC ● Jan. 28, 2022
The way the leafhopper broke through its neurological speed barrier, as Dr. Burrows discovered, was not by developing more elaborate, faster brains, but by hooking the two legs up with gears.
From New York Times ● Apr. 27, 2015
Not even a leafhopper or anything came in.”
From Scientific American ● May 29, 2013
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