Word Meanings - FLEA-LOUSE - Book Publishers vocabulary database

A jumping plant louse of the family Psyllidæ, of many species. That of the pear tree is Psylla pyri.

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• PSYLLA
  Any leaping plant louse of the genus Psylla, or family Psyllidæ.
• JUMPING DISEASE
  A convulsive tic similar to or identical with miryachit, observed among the woodsmen of Maine.
• PLANTIGRADA
  A subdivision of Carnivora having plantigrade feet. It includes the bears, raccoons, and allied species.
• PLANTULE
  The embryo which has begun its development in the act of germination.
• FAMILY
  A groupe of organisms, either animal or vegetable, related by certain points of resemblance in structure or development, more comprehensive than a genus, because it is usually based on fewer or less pronounced points of likeness. In zoölogy
• PLANTIGRADE
  Walking on the sole of the foot; pertaining to the plantigrades. Having the foot so formed that the heel touches the ground when the leg is upright.
• SPECIES
  A group of individuals agreeing in common attributes, and designated by a common name; a conception subordinated to another conception, called a genus, or generic conception, from which it differs in containing or comprehending more attributes,
• LOUSE
  G. laus, OHG. l, Icel. l, Sw. lus, Dan. luus; perh. so named because 1. Any one of numerous species of small, wingless, suctorial, parasitic insects belonging to a tribe , now usually regarded as degraded Hemiptera. To this group belong of the
• JUMPWELD
  See T
• PLANTOCRACY
  Government by planters; planters, collectively.
• PLANTERSHIP
  The occupation or position of a planter, or the management of a plantation, as in the United States or the West Indies.
• PLANTLESS
  Without plants; barren of vegetation.
• PLANT-CANE
  A stalk or shoot of sugar cane of the first growth from the cutting. The growth of the second and following years is of inferior quality, and is called rattoon.
• PLANTED
  Fixed in place, as a projecting member wrought on a separate piece of stuff; as, a planted molding.
• JUMP
  A bodice worn instead of stays by women in the 18th century. (more info) A kind of loose jacket for men. pl.
• PLANTAIN
  A treelike perennial herb of tropical regions, bearing immense leaves and large clusters of the fruits called plantains. See Musa. 2. The fruit of this plant. It is long and somewhat cylindrical, slightly curved, and, when ripe, soft, fleshy,
• JUMPER
  The larva of the cheese fly. See Cheese fly, under Cheese. (more info) 1. One who, or that which, jumps. 2. A long drilling tool used by masons and quarrymen. 3. A rude kind of sleigh; -- usually, a simple box on runners which are in one piece
• JUMPING
  of Jump, to leap. Jumping bean, a seed of a Mexican Euphorbia, containing the larva of a moth . The larva by its sudden movements causes the seed to roll to roll and jump about. -- Jumping deer , a South African rodent , allied to the jerboa.
• PLANTICLE
  A young plant, or plant in embryo. E. Darwin.
• PLANTAL
  Belonging to plants; as, plantal life. Dr. H. More.
• DISPLANTATION
  The act of displanting; removal; displacement. Sir W. Raleigh.
• SUPPLANT
  heels, to throw down; sub under + planta the sole of the foot, also, 1. To trip up. "Supplanted, down he fell." Milton. 2. To remove or displace by stratagem; to displace and take the place of; to supersede; as, a rival supplants another in the
• COUNTERJUMPER
  A salesman in a shop; a shopman; -- used contemtuously.
• BARK LOUSE
  An insect of the family Coccidæ, which infests the bark of trees and vines. Note: The wingless females assume the shape of scales. The bark louse of vine is Pulvinaria innumerabilis; that of the pear is Lecanium pyri. See Orange scale.
• LAMINIPLANTAR
  Having the tarsus covered behind with a horny sheath continuous on both sides, as in most singing birds, except the larks.
• OVERJUMP
  To jump over; hence, to omit; to ignore. Marston.
• IMPLANTATION
  The act or process of implantating.
• SEA WOOD LOUSE
  A sea slater.
• EGGPLANT
  A plant , of East Indian origin, allied to the tomato, and bearing a large, smooth, edible fruit, shaped somewhat like an egg; mad-apple.
• BLOUSE
  A light, loose over-garment, like a smock frock, worn especially by workingmen in France; also, a loose coat of any material, as the undress uniform coat of the United States army.