aphis
an aphid, especially of the genus Aphis.
Origin of aphis
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The winged aphis also remains, the Ant, the Mosquito and many another of the smaller insects.
More Hunting Wasps | J. Henri FabreThe aphis-lions crawling over the plants come across the little aphid.
Little Busybodies | Jeanette Augustus Marks and Julia MoodyFor some years the lime-tree aphis has seriously attacked the lime-trees of the public promenades of Paris.
The Insect World | Louis FiguierThese are the galls formed by the North American poplar gall aphis.
Garden Pests in New Zealand | D. MillerReaumur estimated that a single aphis might produce six thousand millions in one summer.
Parsons on the Rose | Samuel Browne Parsons
British Dictionary definitions for aphis
/ (ˈeɪfɪs) /
any of various aphids constituting the genus Aphis, such as the blackfly
any other aphid
Origin of aphis
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