aphis
noun
an aphid, especially of the genus Aphis.
aphides
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pluralof aphis.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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Its food at this time consists of aphides, caterpillars, and other small insects which infest roses and fruit-trees; it rarely captures flies on the wing or descends to feed on the ground.
From British Birds in their Haunts by Rev. C. A. Johns
And when he destroys the smaller fry, the slugs and grubs and aphides multiply and devour his lettuces and roses.
From Feminism and Sex-Extinction by Arabella Kenealy
The aphides are furnished with an inflected beak, and feelers longer than the thorax.
From The New Gresham Encyclopedia. Vol. 1 Part 2 Amiel to Atrauli by Various
And they take the greatest care of the eggs and the young of the aphides, raising them as tenderly as they raise their own young.
From Harper's Young People, October 19, 1880 An Illustrated Weekly by Various
Thus the swarming myriads depart which may have covered the vegetation like the aphides, or darkened the air like locusts.
From Principles of Geology or, The Modern Changes of the Earth and its Inhabitants Considered as Illustrative of Geology by Sir Charles Lyell
