plant louse

noun

An aphid.

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Meanings

nounplant louse (plural plant lice)

plural plant lice · alternative plant-louse

  1. An aphid.

Synonyms & antonyms

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

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Broader
homopterous insecthomopteran
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Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Translations

Hungarian levéltetű
  • levéltetűaphid
Polish mszyca
  • mszycaaphid
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APA

plant louse. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/plant%20louse

MLA

“plant louse.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/plant%20louse. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “plant louse,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/plant%20louse.

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