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单词 phytophthirian
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phytophthirianadj.n.

Origin: A borrowing from Latin, combined with an English element. Etymons: Latin Phytophthiria , -an suffix.
Etymology: < scientific Latin Phytophthiria, former division name (1859 or earlier, after Phytophthires , ‘family’ name, H. Burmeister De insectorum systemate naturali (1829); < phyto- phyto- comb. form + ancient Greek ϕθείρ louse: see phthiriasis n.) + -an suffix; compare -ian suffix.
Zoology. Obsolete. rare.
A. adj.
Of or relating to a former division Phytophthiria of hemipteran insects, which included various families of plant lice.Burmeister's grouping included psyllids and aphids, but not scale insects (coccids).
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1859 S. G. Goodrich Illustr. Nat. Hist. Animal Kingdom II. 595 The Phytophthiria. The greater part of this tribe is composed of Aphides or Plant-Lice.]
1890 Cent. Dict. Phytophthirian, infesting plants, as a plant-louse, scale-insect, or aphid; specifically, of or pertaining to the Phytophthiria.
B. n.
An insect of the former division Phytophthiria, a plant louse.
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1890 Cent. Dict. Phytophthirian n.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2020).
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