planthopper

Questions about planthopper

What does planthopper mean?

planthopper means "related to the leafhoppers and spittlebugs but rarely damages cultivated plants".

How many syllables are in planthopper?

planthopper has 3 syllables and divides as plan-thop-per under the regular spelling rules. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.

What is another word for planthopper?

Close synonyms include plant hopper. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is planthopper a common word?

planthopper is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.