plant louse

plant louse

n.

1. See aphid.

2. See psyllid.

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

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.

Thesaurus

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