| 单词 |
psyllid |
| 释义 |
psyllid Ent.|ˈsɪlɪd|
Also Psyllid.
[ad. mod.L. Psyllid-æ, family name, f. psylla: see -id3.]
A jumping plant-louse belonging to the family Psyllidæ, which includes several species that damage plants by causing galls or spreading virus diseases. Also attrib.
1899D. Sharp in Cambr. Nat. Hist. VI. viii. 580 Sometimes these Psyllid galls are mere changes in form of a limited part, or parts, of a leaf. 1909H. Maxwell-Lefroy Indian Insect Life 743 Kieffer describes Indian gall-making Psyllids. 1922Nature 3 June 714/1, I also find a winged termite, a psyllid,..some small spiders. 1954S. H. Skaife Afr. Insect Life xi. 111 The jumping plant lice, or psyllids.., are small insects about the size of aphids and they look something like tiny cicadas. 1962[see lerp]. 1969New Scientist 2 Oct. 19/1 The Australian plantsucking psyllid bug Cardiaspina albitextura..lives on eucalyptus leaves. 1972Swann & Papp Common Insects N. Amer. xiii. 141 The psyllids, or jumping plantlice, are tiny insects. |
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