plant louse

noun

aphid.

any of various related insects having similar habits.

Origin of plant louse

First recorded in 1795–1805

Words nearby plant louse

plant hormone, plantigrade, Plantin, plant kingdom, plantlet, plant louse, plantocracy, plant out, plant pathology, plantsman, plantswoman

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Example sentences from the Web for plant louse

On one of these leaves he placed a plant-louse, which was born under his own eyes, of a wingless mother.
The Insect World|Louis Figuier
The plant-louse or aphis is a sap-sucking insect which feeds and multiplies rapidly often seriously injuring crops.
An Elementary Study of Insects|Leonard Haseman
Although the honeydew does not come from the little tubes on the back of the plant-louse, yet those tubes have their uses.
Cornell Nature-Study Leaflets|Various
The Red Ant (Formica rufa) is singularly adroit in seizing the droplet left it by the plant-louse.
The Insect World|Louis Figuier

On the 4th of August, about one o'clock in the afternoon, I put into solitary confinement a plant-louse of the third generation.
The Insect World|Louis Figuier

British Dictionary definitions for plant louse

plant louse

noun

another name for an aphid

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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单词	plant louse
释义	plant louse noun aphid. any of various related insects having similar habits. Origin of plant louse First recorded in 1795–1805 Words nearby plant louse plant hormone, plantigrade, Plantin, plant kingdom, plantlet, plant louse, plantocracy, plant out, plant pathology, plantsman, plantswoman Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for plant louse On one of these leaves he placed a plant-louse, which was born under his own eyes, of a wingless mother. The Insect World\|Louis Figuier The plant-louse or aphis is a sap-sucking insect which feeds and multiplies rapidly often seriously injuring crops. An Elementary Study of Insects\|Leonard Haseman Although the honeydew does not come from the little tubes on the back of the plant-louse, yet those tubes have their uses. Cornell Nature-Study Leaflets\|Various The Red Ant (Formica rufa) is singularly adroit in seizing the droplet left it by the plant-louse. The Insect World\|Louis Figuier On the 4th of August, about one o'clock in the afternoon, I put into solitary confinement a plant-louse of the third generation. The Insect World\|Louis Figuier British Dictionary definitions for plant louse plant louse noun another name for an aphid 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 Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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