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from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Any one of a number of Australian homopterous insects of the family Psyllidæ whose larval cases are composed of a secretion known as ‘lerp’ or ‘laap’ and are eaten by the natives. The genera Spondyliaspis and Cardiaspis are especially noted.
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