Definition of "leafhopper" [leafhopper]

• Any of numerous insects of the family Cicadellidae that suck juices from plants, often damaging crops. (noun)

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• "For the grape-leaf sprigging, I used some leaves from my garden (dating from before the leafhopper and skeletonizer incidents) Â I rolled out a thin slab of clay and then laid leaves on top, then rolled on top of the leaves to embed the veins into the clay."
• "Ommatius sp., robber fly, by Pete Moulton — with a leafhopper for breakfast, confluence of Rio Verde and Rio Salado north of Mesa, Arizona."
• "Ommatius sp., robber fly, by Pete Moulton — with a leafhopper for breakfast, confluence of Rio Verde and Rio Salado north of Mesa, Arizona."