plant louse

plant louse

n.

1. See aphid.

2. See psyllid.

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plant louse

n

1. (Animals) another name for an aphid

2. (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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a•phid

(ˈeɪ fɪd, ˈæf ɪd)

n.

any of numerous tiny soft-bodied insects of the family Aphididae that suck the sap from the stems and leaves of various plants. Also called plant louse.

[1880–85; back formation from aphides, pl. of aphis]

a•phid•i•an (əˈfɪd i ən) adj., n.

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Noun

1.

plant louse - any of several small insects especially aphids that feed by sucking the juices from plants louse homopteran, 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 grape louse, grape phylloxera, Phylloxera vitifoleae - destructive to various grape plants 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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