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单词 puceron
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puceronn.

Brit. /ˈpjuːsərɒn/, U.S. /ˈpjusəˌrɑn/
Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymon: French puceron.
Etymology: < French puceron plant louse (1636; 13th cent. in Old French in an isolated attestation in sense ‘protuberance of a precious stone similar in form to a flea’), water flea (1752; obsolete) < puce flea (see puce n.) + -eron, diminutive suffix. N.E.D. (1909) gives the non-naturalized pronunciation (püsəroṅ, püsron) /pysərɔ̃/, /pysrɔ̃/.
Now rare.
Any small active insect or similar creature; esp. a plant louse, an aphid.In quot. 1768: (perhaps) a water flea.
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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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