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APHIS

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

Irregular inflected form: aphides   

 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

Type genus of the Aphididae: injurious to fruit trees and vegetables

Synonyms:

Aphis; genus Aphis

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("Aphis" is a kind of...):

arthropod genus (a genus of arthropods)

Meronyms (members of "Aphis"):

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)

Holonyms ("Aphis" is a member of...):

Aphididae; family Aphididae (small soft-bodied plant lice)

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