| plant louse n. See aphid. |
plant louse
n
1. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Animals) another name for an aphid
(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Animals)
jumping plant louse any small active cicada-like insect of the homopterous family Psyllidae (or Chermidae), having hind legs adapted for leaping, and feeding on plant juices
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| Noun | 1. |  plant louse - any of several small insects especially aphids that feed by sucking the juices from plantshomopteran, homopterous insect - insects having membranous forewings and hind wings aphid - any of various small plant-sucking insects adelgid - any of various insects that feed and form galls on conifers jumping plant louse, psylla, psyllid - small active cicada-like insect with hind legs adapted for leaping; feeds on plant juices oak blight - a black plant louse that lives on oaks and dogwoods |
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