different between psyllidae vs lerp

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lerp (countable and uncountable, plural lerps)

(uncountable) A sweet secretion, produced by the larvae of the family Psyllidae, that forms scales on eucalyptus leaves
- 2010 Wendy Zukerman, "Receding gums", New Scientist, 11 september 2010, pg 44
  These insects sit on the veins of tree leaves, sucking their sap and excreting a sugary solution known as lerp.
One of the lice whose larvae produce this secretion.

lerp (plural lerps)

lerp (third-person singular simple present lerps, present participle lerping, simple past and past participle lerped)

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