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JUMPING PLANT LOUSE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does jumping plant louse mean?
• JUMPING PLANT LOUSE (noun)
The noun JUMPING PLANT LOUSE has 1 sense:
1. small active cicada-like insect with hind legs adapted for leaping; feeds on plant juices
Familiarity information: JUMPING PLANT LOUSE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Small active cicada-like insect with hind legs adapted for leaping; feeds on plant juices
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
jumping plant louse; psylla; psyllid
Hypernyms ("jumping plant louse" is a kind of...):
louse; plant louse (any of several small insects especially aphids that feed by sucking the juices from plants)
Holonyms ("jumping plant louse" is a member of...):
Chermidae; family Chermidae; family Psyllidae; Psyllidae (jumping plant lice)
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