different between planthopper vs machaca

English

Etymology

plant +? hopper

Noun

planthopper (plural planthoppers)

1. Any of many insects, of superfamily Fulgoroidea, that bear a remarkable resemblance to leaves and are capable of prodigious leaps.
   • 1997, Rosamond L. Naylor, Paul R. Ehrlich, Chapter 9: Natural Pest Control Services and Agriculture, Gretchen Daily (editor), Nature's Services: Societal Dependence On Natural Ecosystems, page 156,

     Cumulative losses from the brown planthopper have been estimated in the hundreds of millions of dollars (Denno and Perfect 1994) and accounted in 1990 for some 6 percent of the total value foregone from all biotic and abiotic factors that reduce rice production (Herdt 1991).

   • 2000, E. M. Craddock, 1: Speciatio Processes in the Adaptive Radiation of Hawaiian Plants and Animals, Max K. Hecht, Ross J. MacIntyre, Michael T. Clegg (editors), Evolutionary Biology, Volume 31, page 20,

     The sap-feeding planthoppers (Homoptera: Fulgoroidea) are ubiquitous in virtually all Hawaiian terrestrial ecosystems.

   • 2011, Ross Piper, Pests: A Guide to the World's Most Maligned, Yet Misunderstood Creatures, page 130,

     Planthoppers begin life as eggs deposited in fissures on the surface of their host plant or even beneath the bark.

Translations

See also

• grasshopper
• leaf-hopper

English

Etymology 1

From Spanish machacar (“to crush”).

Noun

machaca (usually uncountable, plural machacas)

1. A dish of meat baked, simmered and then dried, originating from north Mexico.

Synonyms

• machacado

Translations

Etymology 2

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Noun

machaca (plural machacas)

1. A type of planthopper from Central and South America, taxonomic name Fulgora laternaria

Translations

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ma?t??aka/, [ma?t??a.ka]

Noun

machaca f (plural machacas)

1. machada (meat)

   Synonym: machacado

2. machada (insect)

Derived terms

• (meat): machaca con huevo

Verb

machaca

1. Informal second-person singular (tú) affirmative imperative form of machacar.
2. Formal second-person singular (usted) present indicative form of machacar.
3. Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted^?) present indicative form of machacar.