plant louse
Americannoun
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another name for an aphid
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any small active cicada-like insect of the homopterous family Psyllidae (or Chermidae ), having hind legs adapted for leaping, and feeding on plant juices
Etymology
Origin of plant louse
First recorded in 1795–1805
Example Sentences
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The tax hike comes at a time when many growers are also worried about phylloxera, a mite-size plant louse that is gnawing away at vines, primarily in Napa and Sonoma counties.
From Time Magazine Archive
Piercing at last the recesses of Asia, the triumphant plant louse blighted even the vineyards of His Highness the Maharaja of Jammu and Kashmir.
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When the tree is attacked by a species of plant louse, the substance oozes out, crystallizes and drops to the ground, where the Isiaelites found it.
From Time Magazine Archive
The aphid, or plant louse, a squashy insect usually about the size of a pinhead, is not rated as a big-league pest in the U.S.
From Time Magazine Archive
The plant louse is very small, but it multiplies with very great rapidity.
From Agriculture for Beginners Revised Edition by Burkett, Charles William
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