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phylloxera (iou)



phylloxera noun. M19.
[mod. Latin Phylloxera (see below), from PHYLLO- + Greek xeros dry.]
An insect now or formerly included in the homopteran gall-forming genus Phylloxera (family Phylloxeridae); esp. (more fully grape phylloxera, vine phylloxera) Viteus vitifolii, a destructive pest of vines.