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leafhopper

American  
[leef-hop-er] / ˈlifˌhɒp ər /

noun

  1. any of numerous leaping, homopterous insects of the family Cicadellidae that suck plant juices, many being serious crop pests.


Etymology

Origin of leafhopper

An Americanism dating back to 1850–55; leaf + hopper

Example Sentences

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The size is consistent across leafhopper species, no matter the size of the insect's body.

From Science Daily • Mar. 18, 2024

Dr Alvin Helden of Anglia Ruskin University, Cambridge, found the leafhopper on a student field trip to Kibale National Park, in west Uganda.

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

Dr. Kunkel also discovered that the leafhopper very rarely flew more than three or four feet above the earth.

From Time Magazine Archive