Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The popular name of the homopterous insects of the family Psyllidæ, resembling in general appearance the aphides or true plant-lice, but distinguished by the difference in the fore wings, which have a distinct marginal vein.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Zoöl.) A jumping plant louse of the family
Psyllidæ , of many species. That of the pear tree isPsylla pyri .
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- noun A jumping
plant louse of the family Psyllidae, of manyspecies .
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The most serious are: (1) the rust or blight, for which there is no cure but carefully pulling and burning the plants as fast as infested; (2) the blackberry-bush borer, for which burn infested canes; and (3) the recently introduced bramble flea-louse, which resembles the green plant-louse or aphis except that it is a brisk jumper, like the flea-beetle.
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