puceron

From French puce (“a flea”).

puceron (plural pucerons)

1. (dated) Any of a number of plant live, or aphids.

• “puceron”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

• pouncer

From puce +‎ -eron.

• IPA^(key): /py.sʁɔ̃/

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puceron m (plural pucerons)

1. aphid

• “puceron”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.