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Definition of Turnip flea

Turnip flea
Turnip Tur"nip, n. [OE. turnep; probably fr. turn, or F. tour a turn, turning lathe + OE. nepe a turnip, AS. n[=ae]pe, L. napus. Cf. Turn,v. t., Navew.] (Bot.) The edible, fleshy, roundish, or somewhat conical, root of a cruciferous plant (Brassica campestris, var. Napus); also, the plant itself. [Formerly written also turnep.] Swedish turnip (Bot.), a kind of turnip. See Ruta-baga. Turnip flea (Zo["o]l.), a small flea-beetle (Haltica, or Phyllotreta, striolata), which feeds upon the turnip, and often seriously injures it. It is black with a stripe of yellow on each elytron. The name is also applied to several other small insects which are injurious to turnips. See Illust. under Flea-beetle. Turnip fly. (Zo["o]l.) (a) The turnip flea. (b) A two-winged fly (Anthomyia radicum) whose larv[ae] live in the turnip root.

Meaning of Turnip flea from wikipedia

- Phyllotreta nemorum, the turnip flea beetle or yellow-striped flea beetle is a species of beetle in family Chrysomelidae. The beetle is 2.4-3.5 mm long...
- undulata, known generally as the small striped flea beetle or turnip flea beetle, is a species of flea beetle in the family Chrysomelidae. It is found...
- Turnip yellow mosaic virus (TYMV) is an isometric Tymovirus of the family Tymoviridae. Its host range is confined almost entirely to plants in the genus...
- as the cabbage-stem flea beetle, is a species of leaf beetle situated in the subfamily Galerucinae and the tribe Alticini (flea beetles). P. chrysocephala...
- knighted for saving Westminster Hall. He also designed a field trap for turnip flea beetles (Phyllotreta consobrina) which disturbed the beetles and trapped...
- from poaka, the Māori word for pig, and keha, one of the Māori words for flea, and therefore expresses derogatory implications. There is no etymological...
- caterpillar), dark sword-gr**** or ipsilon dart (as a moth) (Agrotis ipsilon) Turnip moth (Agrotis segetum) Mouse moth (Amphipyra tragopoginis) Clover cutworm...
- subsp. rapifera (also subsp. napobr****ica; the rutabaga, swede, or yellow turnip). B. napus is a digenomic amphidiploid that occurred due to the interspecific...
- move, the series follows young adolescents Rikochet, Buena Girl, and the Flea and their studies at the Foremost World-Renowned International School of...
- introduces the Story Makers to his pet flea. Wordsworth: Milton Stories Playbook: Baby Charlotte Blue Cow: Blue Cow and the flea The Poons: Poon in the bin 5 5...