noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
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US:/ˈlifˌhɑ.pəɹ/
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1
noun
Meaning 1
Any insect of the family Cicadellidae.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: biology, entomology, natural-sciences
Examples
1907, Altus Lacy Quaintance, Cornelius Lott Shear, Insect and Fungous Enemies of the Grape East of the Rocky Mountains, Farmers' Bulletin 284, US Department of Agriculture, page 19, Throughout the United States and Canada, wherever the grape is grown, this small leaf-hopper (Typhlocyba comes Say) will almost invariably be found in greater or less numbers infesting the lower surface of the leaf, where it feeds and breeds, increasing in numbers as the season progresses, until by late summer and fall the vines are often literally swarming with it.
1933, Eubanks Carsner, Curly-top resistance in sugar beets and tests of the resistant variety U. S. No. 1, Technical Bulletin 360, US Department of Agriculture, page 3, Attacks on the leaf hoppers with insecticides and mechanical means have, in the past, been conducted mainly in sugar-beet fields.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
2
noun
Meaning 2
small leaping insect that sucks the juices of plants
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: homopterous insect, homopteran
Narrower terms: jassid
History
Etymology
From leaf + hopper.
Across languages
Translations
20 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Belarusian:
цыка́дка
(cykádka)
— insect of Cicadellidae
Chinese Mandarin:
葉蟬 /叶蝉
(yèchán)
— insect of Cicadellidae
Dutch:
dwergcicade
— insect of Cicadellidae
Dutch:
bladspringer
— insect of Cicadellidae
Esperanto:
cikadelo
— insect of Cicadellidae
Finnish:
kääpiökaskas
— insect of Cicadellidae
French:
cicadelle
— insect of Cicadellidae
German:
Zwergzikade
— insect of Cicadellidae
German:
Kleinzikade
— insect of Cicadellidae
Irish:
preabaire duilleog
— insect of Cicadellidae
Italian:
cicalina
— insect of Cicadellidae
Latin:
cicādella
— insect of Cicadellidae
Lithuanian:
cikadėlė
— insect of Cicadellidae
Navajo:
chʼosh nahachagii
— insect of Cicadellidae
Norwegian Bokmål:
bladsikade
— insect of Cicadellidae
Norwegian Bokmål:
dvergsikade
— insect of Cicadellidae
Portuguese:
cigarrinha
— insect of Cicadellidae
Russian:
цика́дка
(cikádka)
— insect of Cicadellidae
Turkish:
yaprak piresi
— insect of Cicadellidae
Ukrainian:
цика́дка
(cykádka)
— insect of Cicadellidae
