jumping plant louse
any member of the approximately 2,000 species of the insect family Psyllidae (order Homoptera). The jumping plant louse is about the size of a pinhead. Its head, long antennae and legs, and transparent wings resemble, on a reduced scale, the features of the cicada. Eggs are deposited on leaves or twigs of the host plant; the nymphs, flattened and broadly ovate, usually feed clustered together. Some species are covered with wax; others produce galls on the host plant.
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| a calculus or concretion found in the stomach or intestines of certain animals, esp. ruminants, formerly reputed to be an effective remedy for poison. |
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