| 单词 |
jassid |
| 释义 |
jassid, a. and n.|ˈdʒæsɪd|
[f. mod.L. family name Jassidæ f. the generic name Iassus (Jassus) (J. C. Fabricius Systema Rhyngotorum (1803) 85), f. L. Iāsus a town in Asia Minor.]
A. adj. Of or pertaining to a homopterous insect of the family Jassidæ, sometimes considered equivalent to the Cicadellidæ, and including several pests of cereals, fodder crops, etc.
B. n. A leaf-hopper, a small, jumping insect of this kind, which attacks the leaves of plants.
1892Trans. Amer. Entomol. Soc. XIX. 307 Mr. Howard Ewarts Weed..has brought to light many new and interesting members of the little-known Jassid fauna of the ‘Mississippi Bottoms’. 1895Insect Life VII. 323 The half-clothed jassid (Eutettix seminudus Say) was often taken on the stalk of the cotton, and was observed to feed upon the juices of the plant. 1918Agric. Gaz. New South Wales 568 (title) The apple-leaf Jassid (Empoasca australis). 1926Proc. U.S. Nat. Museum LXVIII. 1 (title) Revision of the American leaf hoppers of the Jassid genus Typhlocybe. 1956Nature 11 Feb. 282/2 The influence of sprayed areas in reducing populations of jassids infesting adjacent unsprayed cotton was elucidated recently. |
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