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单词 psylla
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psyllan.

Brit. /ˈsɪlə/, U.S. /ˈsɪlə/
Forms: also with capital initial.
Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin Psylla.
Etymology: < scientific Latin Psylla, genus name ( E. F. Germar Systematis glossatorum prodromus (1811) 14; compare post-classical Latin psylla flea (a1536 in Erasmus)) < ancient Greek ψύλλα flea, ultimately < the same Indo-European base as Sanskrit pluṣi , Armenian lu , classical Latin pūlex (compare pulicine adj.), Lithuanian blusa , Old Russian bl″xa (Russian bloxa ), and the Germanic words cited at flea n. Although the cognates exhibit a considerable amount of formal variation, this is probably due to early alterations within the various Indo-European languages, which may result from linguistic taboo. Compare French psylle (1762), Italian psilla (1835).
An insect of the genus Psylla or the family Psyllidae (cf. psyllid adj. and n.).pear psylla: see the first element.
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the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Insecta > subclass Pterygota > [noun] > division Exopterygota or Hemimetabola > order Hemiptera > suborder Homoptera > family Psyllidae > member of genus Psylla
psylla1852
pear sucker1881
pear-louse1890
pear psylla1892
1852 T. W. Harris Treat. Insects New Eng. (ed. 2) 203 The pear-tree, in Europe, is subject to the attacks of..the pear-tree Psylla.
1891 Insect Life 4 127 We had occasion some time since to abstract Dr. F. Loew's remarks on the Psyllas which inhabit the pear.
1933 Jrnl. Royal Hort. Soc. 58 283 ‘Eucalyptus Psylla’... Deals with a Psylla attacking Eucalypti in English greenhouses.
1994 Org. Gardening Feb. 20/2 On the West Coast, the most common parasite is a tiny parasitic wasp..which lays its eggs in the psylla nymph.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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