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any of several small insects especially aphids that feed by sucking the juices from plants

↑aphid, ↑adelgid, ↑grape louse, ↑grape phylloxera, ↑Phylloxera vitifoleae, ↑jumping plant louse, ↑psylla, ↑psyllid, ↑oak blight

1. : any of numerous small insects of the family Aphididae that live on plants and suck their juices; broadly : aphid

2. : any of various small insects of similar habits; especially : jumping plant louse

1. aphid.

2. any of various related insects having similar habits.

[1795-1805]

plant louse noun (pl plant lice)

An aphis or greenfly

Main Entry: ↑plant

plant louse,

an aphid or related insect which sucks juices from plants.

n. a small bug that infests plants and feeds on the sap or tender shoots, esp. an aphid. ● Several families in the series Sternorrhyncha, suborder Homoptera