Plant-louse

  • 21Louse — (lous), n.; pl. {Lice} (l[imac]s). [OE. lous, AS. l[=u]s, pl. l[=y]s; akin to D. luis, G. laus, OHG. l[=u]s, Icel. l[=u]s, Sw. lus, Dan. luus; perh. so named because it is destructive, and akin to E. lose, loose.] (Zo[ o]l.) 1. Any one of… …

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  • 22Louse fly — Louse Louse (lous), n.; pl. {Lice} (l[imac]s). [OE. lous, AS. l[=u]s, pl. l[=y]s; akin to D. luis, G. laus, OHG. l[=u]s, Icel. l[=u]s, Sw. lus, Dan. luus; perh. so named because it is destructive, and akin to E. lose, loose.] (Zo[ o]l.) 1. Any… …

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  • 23Louse mite — Louse Louse (lous), n.; pl. {Lice} (l[imac]s). [OE. lous, AS. l[=u]s, pl. l[=y]s; akin to D. luis, G. laus, OHG. l[=u]s, Icel. l[=u]s, Sw. lus, Dan. luus; perh. so named because it is destructive, and akin to E. lose, loose.] (Zo[ o]l.) 1. Any… …

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  • 24louse|wort — «LOWS WURT», noun. any herbaceous plant of a large group of the figwort family, formerly believed to breed lice in sheep and other livestock that feed on them; wood betony …

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  • 25jumping plant louse — noun any of various psyllids …

  • 26woolly plant louse — noun secretes a waxy substance like a mass of fine curly white cotton or woolly threads • Syn: ↑woolly aphid • Hypernyms: ↑aphid • Hyponyms: ↑woolly apple aphid, ↑American blight, ↑Eriosoma lanigerum, ↑ …

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  • 27wheat plant louse — noun : wheat aphid …

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  • 28louse — n. a plant; wood louse * * * [laʊs] wood louse a plant …

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  • 29louse — /laʊs / (say lows) noun (plural lice /laɪs / (say luys) for defs 1 and 2, louses for def. 3) 1. any of the small, wingless, blood sucking insects of the order Phthiraptera, including several species associated with humans, as the human louse,… …

  • 30louse —    Uku, uku li i; ona; uku po o (head); uku kapa (body); uku pua a (pig); uku papa (crab); uku pepa (book); eleao, pōnalo (plant). See delouse, lice.    ♦ Louse egg, liha, lia …

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