'Homaloptera' definitions:

Definition of 'Homaloptera'

From: GCIDE

Pupipara \Pu*pip"a*ra\, n. pl. [NL. See Pupiparous.] (Zool.) A division of Diptera in which the young are born in a stage like the pupa. It includes the sheep tick, horse tick, and other parasites. Called also Homaloptera. [1913 Webster]