homona coffearia
- n small Indian moth infesting e.g. tea and coffee plants
homonym
- n two words are homonyms if they are pronounced or spelled the same way but have different meanings
homonymy
- n the relation between two words that are spelled the same way but differ in meaning or the relation between two words that are pronounced the same way but differ in meaning
homophobia
- n prejudice against (fear or dislike of) homosexual people and homosexuality
homophone
- n two words are homophones if they are pronounced the same way but differ in meaning or spelling or both (e.g. bare and bear)
homophony
- n the same pronunciation for words of different origins
- n part music with one dominant voice (in a homophonic style)
homoptera
- n plant lice (aphids); whiteflies; cicadas; leafhoppers; plant hoppers; scale insects and mealybugs; spittle insects
homopterous insect
- n insects having membranous forewings and hind wings
homosexualism
- n a sexual attraction to (or sexual relations with) persons of the same sex
homosexuality
- n a sexual attraction to (or sexual relations with) persons of the same sex
homotherm
- n an animal that has a body temperature that is relatively constant and independent of the environmental temperature
homozygosity
- n the state of being homozygous; having two identical alleles of the same gene