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PRONUNCIATION OF TREEHOPPER

treehopper  [ˈtriːˌhɒpə] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF TREEHOPPER

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Treehopper is a noun.
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WHAT DOES TREEHOPPER MEAN IN ENGLISH?

treehopper

Treehopper

Treehoppers and thorn bugs are members of the family Membracidae, a group of insects related to the cicadas and the leafhoppers. About 3,200 species of treehoppers in over 400 genera are known. They are found on all continents except Antarctica; only three species are known from Europe. They are best known for their enlarged and ornate pronotum, which most often resembles thorns, apparently to aid camouflage. In some species, the pronotum grows to a horn-like extension, but even more bizarre and hard-to-describe shapes are also found. Thorn bugs, due to their unusual appearance, have long interested naturalists. Distinguishing males from females is accomplished only by looking at the male genitalia. Individual treehoppers usually live for only a few months. The specialised pronotum may not be simply an expansion of the prothoracic sclerite, but a fused pair of dorsal appendages of the first thoracic segment. They may be serial homologues of insect wings, which are dorsal appendages of the second and/or third thoracic segments.

Definition of treehopper in the English dictionary

The definition of treehopper in the dictionary is any homopterous insect of the family Membracidae, which live among trees and other plants and typically have a large hoodlike thoracic process curving backwards over the body.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH TREEHOPPER


cheesehopper
ˈtʃiːzˌhɒpə
chopper
ˈtʃɒpə
clodhopper
ˈklɒdˌhɒpə
clodhoppers
ˈklɒdˌhɒpə
copper
ˈkɒpə
dropper
ˈdrɒpə
fleahopper
ˈfliːˌhɒpə
froghopper
ˈfrɒɡˌhɒpə
grasshopper
ˈɡrɑːsˌhɒpə
hedgehopper
ˈhɛdʒˌhɒpə
hopper
ˈhɒpə
improper
ɪmˈprɒpə
popper
ˈpɒpə
proper
ˈprɒpə
quota-hopper
ˈkwəʊtəˌhɒpə
rockhopper
ˈrɒkˌhɒpə
shopper
ˈʃɒpə
stopper
ˈstɒpə
topper
ˈtɒpə
whopper
ˈwɒpə

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE TREEHOPPER

tree sparrow
tree surgeon
tree surgery
tree toad
tree tomato
tree trunk
tree-and-branch
tree-covered
tree-hugger
tree-lined
treehouse
treeless
treelessness
treelike
treen
treenail
treenware
treeship
treetop
treeware

WORDS THAT END LIKE TREEHOPPER

bopper
chart topper
come a cropper
cropper
Dopper
eavesdropper
eyedropper
gobstopper
knee-high to a grasshopper
mopper
mystery shopper
name-dropper
party popper
pepper
personal shopper
sharecropper
show stopper
showstopper
stropper
teenybopper
window-shopper

Synonyms and antonyms of treehopper in the English dictionary of synonyms

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Translation of «treehopper» into 25 languages

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Translator English - Chinese

treehopper
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

treehopper
570 millions of speakers

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treehopper
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

treehopper
380 millions of speakers
ar

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treehopper
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

treehopper
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

treehopper
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

treehopper
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

membracide
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Pokok sayap
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

treehopper
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

ツノゼミ
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

treehopper
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Withopper
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

treehopper
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

treehopper
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

झाडहॉपर
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

ağaç zararlısı
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

treehopper
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

treehopper
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

treehopper
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

treehopper
30 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Greek

treehopper
15 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Afrikaans

treehopper
14 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Swedish

treehopper
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

treehopper
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of treehopper

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «TREEHOPPER»

The term «treehopper» is normally little used and occupies the 127.831 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «TREEHOPPER» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about treehopper

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «TREEHOPPER»

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Pests of Landscape Trees and Shrubs: An Integrated Pest ...
Treehopper adults are commonly greenish to brown and Vi inch long or shorter. They have an expanded hood covering the body, which may be formed into hornlike projections. This enlarged prothorax distinguishes treehoppers from most ...
Steve H. Dreistadt, Mary Louise Flint, 2004
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Phylogeny and systematics of the treehopper subfamily ...
Phylogeny and systematics of treehopper bugs of the subfamily Centrotinae (Hemiptera: Membracidae). Full treatment of world genera with keys, sem photographs and treatment of included taxa.
Matthew S. Wallace, Lewis L. Deitz, 2004
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Origami Insects and Their Kin: Step-by-step Instructions in ...
Treehopper ♢ ^Q^ 1. Begin with the white side up. Fold and unfold along the diagonals. Then turn the paper over. 2. Fold a Fish Base with the points going in opposite directions. 3. Unfold to step 1. 4. Fold and unfold. Make the crease sharp ...
Robert J. Lang, 1995
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Garden Insects of North America: The Ultimate Guide to ...
Buffalo Treehopper (Stictocephala bisonia) Hosts: Apple, peach, ash, elm, and many other deciduous trees, Damage: Buffalo treehopper injures plants when it inserts eggs into twigs. Small rows of scars appear on injured twigs which become ...
Whitney Cranshaw, 2004
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Kaufman Field Guide to Insects of North America
The Three-cornered Alfalfa Treehopper (Spissistilus festinus) is one of nine North American species in its genus. It is more often a pest of soybeans than alfalfa, adult and nymphal individuals sometimes girdling the stem of young plants in the  ...
Eric R. Eaton, Kenn Kaufman, 2007
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Insects of the Great Lakes Region
The Great Lakes treehopper fauna is quite large, with a total of 101 species of treehoppers known from Ohio, for example (Osborn 1940). The thorn bug, Umbonia crassicornis Amyot and Serville, is small (5 mm), yellowish, and distinctly thorn ...
Gary A. Dunn, 1996
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Biotic Interactions in the Tropics: Their Role in the ...
Daily turnover of ant species at a given treehopper aggregation occurs frequently (an account of the whole ant assemblage is given by Del-Claro & Oliveira 1999). The relevance of hemipteran honeydew as an energy (and perhaps water) ...
David Burslem, Michelle Pinard, Sue Hartley, 2005
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Simon and Schuster's Guide to Insects
Ross H. Arnett, Richard L. Jacques. 68 SPHONGOPHORUS SPECIES Sponged Treehopper Family Membracidae Order Homoptera Length ±6 mm. Recognition marks Yellowish brown; prothorax is greatly enlarged and modified as illustrated;  ...
Ross H. Arnett, Richard L. Jacques, 1981
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A Field Guide to Texas Critters: Common Household and Garden ...
Oak Treehopper nymph, adult male, and adult females (HT-4-A vwa) F . Oak Treehopper Dan I , d es. , _':'§{ Oak Treehopper damage — egg laying scars & feeding punctures (HT-S-D vwm ' I ' . V wawsfinowf! m 1331 mini-nullmnr) Buffalo  ...
Bill Zak, 1988
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Encyclopedia of Entomology
JAMES H. TSAI University of Florida, Ft. Lauderdale, FL, USA The pseudo-curly top treehopper or nightshade treehopper, Micruotalis malleifera (Fowler), is the only known member of Membracidae to transmit any plant disease agent.
John L. Capinera, 2008

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «TREEHOPPER»

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When Animals Talk, NPR Listens
NPR has been decoding the rich, sonic communication between living creatures: the songs of whales, the call of a cricket, the chirp of a treehopper (a cousin of ... «NPR, Jul 15»
2
Dr. Dirt: Yard work bites
Dear Reader: The spots are the eggs of the two-marked treehopper, Enchenopa binotata, which is a general feeder on shrubs and trees. It is often found on ... «Indianapolis Star, Jul 15»
3
In Nature, things aren't always what they seem
Treehoppers can look like a thorn, or in this case, like a piece of ... But it was an animal, an insect known as a Treehopper (Membracid), which has a sucking ... «www.ottawacommunitynews.com/, Jun 15»
4
Mary's Monday Metazoan: Shhhh. I'm in disguise.
Cyphonia clavata: The treehopper Cyphonia clavata with a mimic of an ant (top right) extending from its pronotum (photos: M. Stensmyr). The 'ant' presumably ... «ScienceBlogs, Apr 15»
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Plant early-warning system alerts leaves to insect attack
Appel and Cocroft next experimented with vibrations caused by wind and by calls of another insect, the treehopper. “Once again, the plants experiencing ... «Irish Times, Feb 15»
6
Plant Population Dying, Ant-Eating Bears to the Rescue
According to researchers at Florida State University, ants and treehoppers - tiny insects that excrete sweet honeydew juice - are the culprits of this dying plant ... «Nature World News, Feb 15»
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When Ant-Eating Bears Arrive, A Native Plant Thrives
Grinath, a researcher at Florida State University, was already analyzing the codependent relationship between ants and treehoppers, which are tiny insects that ... «Live Science, Jan 15»
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Ant-eating bears help plants
With the ant-eating black bears, what's most important is a mutualism between the ants and plant-sucking treehoppers: The ants protect the treehoppers from ... «Science News, Jan 15»
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Snack Attack: Bears Munch on Ants and Help Plants Grow
Grinath had previously studied the relationship between the ant and the treehopper and knew that the two had a mutualistic relationship, meaning they ... «Newswise, Jan 15»
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Bears Munching on Ants Indirectly Help Plants
As these other insects steer clear, leaf-munchers like the treehopper are only too happy to take their place and chow down, devoid of all competition. “The ants ... «Smithsonian, Jan 15»

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