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GRAPE LOUSE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does grape louse mean? 

GRAPE LOUSE (noun)
  The noun GRAPE LOUSE has 1 sense:

1. destructive to various grape plantsplay

  Familiarity information: GRAPE LOUSE used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


GRAPE LOUSE (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Destructive to various grape plants

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

grape louse; grape phylloxera; Phylloxera vitifoleae

Hypernyms ("grape louse" is a kind of...):

louse; plant louse (any of several small insects especially aphids that feed by sucking the juices from plants)

Holonyms ("grape louse" is a member of...):

genus Phylloxera; Phylloxera (type genus of the Phylloxeridae: plant lice)


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