noun
plant hoppers: lantern flies
• Syn: ↑family Fulgoridae
• Hypernyms: ↑arthropod family
• Member Holonyms: ↑Homoptera, ↑suborder Homoptera
• Member Meronyms: ↑lantern fly, ↑lantern-fly
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\\fu̇lˈgȯrəˌdē, ˌfəl-\ noun pluralUsage: capitalized
: a family of chiefly tropical often grotesquely formed plant-feeding insects (superfamily Fulguroidea) that have the beak obviously arising from the base of the head and the ocelli near or below the eyes — see lantern fly
Useful english dictionary. 2012.