psyllid
/ˈsɪlɪd/noun
psyllid is a noun meaning “Any of the host-specific plant-feeding insects of the family Psyllidae, which feed on plant juices” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is spelled P-S-Y-L-L-I-D, and it appears about once in every 27 million words in written English (wordfreq, 2021 data). The plural of psyllid is psyllids.
What does psyllid mean?
noun
- 1
Any of the host-specific plant-feeding insects of the family Psyllidae, which feed on plant juices.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How do you pronounce psyllid?
- /ˈsɪlɪd/
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Forms of psyllid
- psyllids plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How common is psyllid?
Psyllid appears about once in every 27 million words in written English, the 157,761st most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
Psyllid in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense any species of family Psyllidae:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| German | Blattfloh |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does psyllid come from?
From translingual Psyllidae, from Ancient Greek ψύλλα (psúlla).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).