homoptera

ho’mepta-za n. pl. a suberder of hem1ptera comprizing insects of various kinds, with wings of homogeneous or uniform texture: contrasted with heteroptera. hood hod n. 4. a false cirrus cloud enveloping a mountainztep or the summit of a cumulus-dome, formd by the upward airzcurrents. 2. a covering fastend to the valv-ring of a balloon and extending over the gasbag which it protects from the heat of the sun, etc.