plant louse
any of several small insects especially aphids that feed by sucking the juices from plants • Syn: louse • Derivationally related forms: lousy (for: louse) • Hypernyms: homopterous insect, homopteran • Hyponyms: aphid, adelgid, grape louse, grape phylloxera, Phylloxera vitifoleae, jumping plant louse, psylla, psyllid, oak blight
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