单词 | puceron |
释义 | puceronn. Now rare. Any small active insect or similar creature; esp. a plant louse, an aphid.In quot. 1768: (perhaps) a water flea. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Insecta > subclass Pterygota > [noun] > division Exopterygota or Hemimetabola > order Hemiptera > suborder Homoptera > family Aphis cantharidesa1398 blackfly1652 greenflya1680 green louse1682 green bug1704 collier1742 puceron1744 plant louse1763 aphis1771 leaf louse1774 smother-fly1785 tree-louse1797 ant cow1875 aphid1884 stilt-bug1895 1744 Philos. Trans. 1742–3 (Royal Soc.) 42 465 The Pucerons are pretty well known, so that it will be sufficient to take notice that they are that sort of Gnats, or small Flies, which stick in great Numbers to the Leaves and Stalks of Plants. 1752 J. Hill Gen. Nat. Hist. III. 20 Podura... This genus comprehends the Pucerons of Reaumur, and other of the French writers. 1768 A. Tucker Light of Nature Pursued II. i. xvi. 246 The little pucerons in water frisking nimbly about as if delighted with their existence. 1806 P. Wakefield Domest. Recreation iv. 53 It is called the aphis, puceron, vine-fretter, or plant-louse. 1840 S. Hereman Blight on Flowers 171 Aphis Rosae, Rose Louse... Synonyms.—Brown Rose Louse.—Red puceron. 1913 D. Grant tr. E. Bourcart Insecticides, Fungicides & Weedkillers 389/2 Like the pucerons, the cochineals become dangerous by their number; they entirely cover the bark of the trees. 1933 Key West (Florida) Citizen 8 Nov. 2/2 A pair of pucerons, a species of flea, will in a year produce more than 441 quadrillion young. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < |
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