Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • Feeding on alburnum or sap-wood, as a woodpecker; belonging to the genus Sphyropicus.

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Examples

  • And sap-sucking Lucy Rosen has decided Phil will make a good second husband.

    The Other Side of Dark Sarah Smith 2010

  • Indeed, when the grape phylloxera, a sap-sucking insect with a distinct taste for grapes, brought the French wine industry to its knees in the mid-1800s, row upon row of vineyards cropped up across southern California to meet the demand for wine, though, ironically, little of that California wine remained in the States.

    Investing in Liquid Assets David Sokolin 2008

  • Indeed, when the grape phylloxera, a sap-sucking insect with a distinct taste for grapes, brought the French wine industry to its knees in the mid-1800s, row upon row of vineyards cropped up across southern California to meet the demand for wine, though, ironically, little of that California wine remained in the States.

    Investing in Liquid Assets David Sokolin 2008

  • The plant-louse or aphis is a sap-sucking insect which feeds and multiplies rapidly often seriously injuring crops.

    An Elementary Study of Insects Leonard Haseman

  • Worm compost is high in nitrogen, and too much nitrogen will actually encourage sap-sucking insects such as thrips.

    SFGate: Top News Stories Pam Peirce 2011

  • The moths were followed by the jumping gall wasp and the pesky, sap-sucking phylloxera.

    The Globe and Mail - Home RSS feed TOM HAWTHORN 2011

  • The moths were followed by the jumping gall wasp and the pesky, sap-sucking phylloxera.

    The Globe and Mail - Home RSS feed TOM HAWTHORN 2011

  • If any of you sap-sucking insurance company shills out there thinks you are going to take my money away and harm my family, you better think again.

    Yahoo! News: Business - Opinion 2011

  • One such insect, the sap-sucking aphid (a common pest in gardens), has an effective escape plan, though: the bugs detect an approaching herbivore's breath and simply drop off the plant before it's eaten.

    Scientific American 2010

  • Millions of sap-sucking Asian lice are being introduced to the UK to combat knotweed.

    Poker News 2010

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