FAMILY CICADELLIDAE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does family Cicadellidae mean? 

• FAMILY CICADELLIDAE (noun)
  The noun FAMILY CICADELLIDAE has 1 sense:

1. leafhoppers

  Familiarity information: FAMILY CICADELLIDAE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• FAMILY CICADELLIDAE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Leafhoppers

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

Cicadellidae; family Cicadellidae

Hypernyms ("family Cicadellidae" is a kind of...):

arthropod family (any of the arthropods)

Meronyms (members of "family Cicadellidae"):

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

Holonyms ("family Cicadellidae" is a member of...):

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