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a·phid

 (ā′fĭd, ăf′ĭd)
n.
Any of various small, soft-bodied insects of the superfamily Aphidoidea that feed by sucking sap from plants and that can reproduce asexually. Also called plant louse.

[New Latin Aphis, Aphid-, type genus, coined by Carolus Linnaeus, perhaps as a back-formed singular *Aphīs, from plural *Aphīdes, irregularly derived from Greek apheideis, plural of apheidēs, unsparing, unmerciful, lavish (in reference to the damage caused by aphids or to their high reproductive rate) : a-, not; see a-1 + pheidesthai, to spare, be merciful, live thriftily; see bheid- in Indo-European roots.]

a·phid′i·an (ə-fĭd′ē-ən) adj. & n.
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aphid

(ˈeɪfɪd)
n
(Animals) any of the small homopterous insects of the family Aphididae, which feed by sucking the juices from plants. Also called: plant louse See also greenfly, blackfly
[C19: back formation from aphides, plural of aphis]
aphidian adj, n
aˈphidious adj
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a•phid

(ˈeɪ fɪd, ˈæf ɪd)

n.
any of numerous tiny soft-bodied insects of the family Aphididae that suck the sap from the stems and leaves of various plants. Also called plant louse.
[1880–85; back formation from aphides, pl. of aphis]
a•phid•i•an (əˈfɪd i ən) adj., n.
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a·phid

(ā′fĭd, ăf′ĭd)
Any of various small, soft-bodied insects that feed by sucking sap from plants. Aphids can be very destructive and can transmit plant diseases.
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ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:
Noun1.aphid - any of various small plant-sucking insectsaphid - any of various small plant-sucking insects
plant louse, louse - any of several small insects especially aphids that feed by sucking the juices from plants
Aphis pomi, apple aphid, green apple aphid - bright green aphid; feeds on and causes curling of apple leaves
Aphis fabae, bean aphid, blackfly - blackish aphid that infests e.g. beans and sugar beets
greenfly - greenish aphid; pest on garden and crop plants
ant cow - excretes a honeylike substance eaten by ants
woolly aphid, woolly plant louse - secretes a waxy substance like a mass of fine curly white cotton or woolly threads
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Translations
أرَقَه، مَنَّه
mšice
bladlus
kirva
blaîlús
amaras
laputs
yaprak biti

aphid

[ˈeɪfɪd] Náfido m
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aphid

[ˈeɪfɪd] npuceron m
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aphid

nBlattlaus f
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aphid

[ˈeɪfɪd] nafide m
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aphid

(ˈeifid) noun
a very small insect that lives on plants, especially a greenfly.
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References in periodicals archive ?
APHIDS: There are more than 500 different species of aphid in Britain, including greenfly, blackfly, woolly aphids and even pink aphids, and many have particular host plants such as roses or beans.
Their larvae and adults are known to feed voraciously on phytophagous arthropod pests including aphids (Weber and Lundgren, 2009; Ahmed et al., 2017; Arshad et al., 2018).
Green peach aphid is one of major pest of brassica, the colonies of green peach aphids attack stem, leaves and seed pod, which results in severe damage (Blackman and Eastop, 2000).The hoverflies are one of the important insects in the field of research due to variety of their feeding mode.
The biologists gained their findings by placing aphids on different parts of common tansy plants -- the stem close to the bud, a young leaf, and an old leaf -- and determining the growth of the populations of these insects at these locations.
At this time of the year aphids will be emerging and multiplying in huge numbers on lime trees.
[7] extracted the aphids by using region growing algorithm and OSTU threshold algorithm in the natural environment, and the recognition rate of vector machine training images can reach 90.7% by using fc-means; Bai-jing et al.
Effect of conventional and neonicotinoid insecticides against aphids on canola, Brassica napus L.
Influence of distance from adjacent forest fragments on aphids (Hemiptera: Aphididae) parasitoidism in wheat fields in Parana State, Brazil