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• aphis
  aphis

  noun

  an aphid, especially of the genus Aphis.
• APHIS
  APHIS

  Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service.

aphis

¹ American  

[ey-fis, af-is] / ˈeɪ fɪs, ˈæf ɪs /

noun

• aphides
  plural

1. an aphid, especially of the genus Aphis.

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APHIS ² American  

1. Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service.

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aphis British  

/ ˈeɪfɪs /

noun

1. any of various aphids constituting the genus Aphis, such as the blackfly

2. any other aphid

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Other Word Forms

Noun Inflected Forms

• aphides
  plural

Etymology

Origin of aphis

First recorded in 1765–75; from New Latin, first recorded in a Greek lexicon of 1523 as áphis, with the Latin gloss cimex “bedbug”; perhaps originally a misreading of Greek kóris “bug”

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aphis APHIS aphides

The woolly aphis is not bothered much by DDT, while the Aphelinus parasite, which normally discourages woolly aphis, is wiped out entirely.

From Time Magazine Archive

Scientific investigations have failed to show that the release of this ladybird beetle in any aphis-infested field ever resulted in an effective reduction of the aphis population in that field.

From Time Magazine Archive

From these emerge her children — strange, bristled larvae called aphis lions, which live by preying on aphids, scales, or mites, which they capture and suck dry of fluid.

From "Silent Spring" by Rachel Carson

My trees are troubled with canker-worm and root aphis, and my apples with codling-moth.

From The Apple by Various

That minute parasitic plant, called "the rust" in wheat, has, like the Hessian fly, the locust, and the aphis, caused famines ere now amongst the "lords of the creation."

From Principles of Geology or, The Modern Changes of the Earth and its Inhabitants Considered as Illustrative of Geology by Sir Charles Lyell

Now, both vets and farmers say they want a system that they can use with the same ease they had grown accustomed to with APHIS.

From BBC ● Feb. 17, 2024

For the new Nature Communications paper, scientists from APHIS, the Centers from Disease Control and Prevention and the University of Missouri sequenced nearly 400 of the samples collected between November 2021 and April 2022.

From New York Times ● Jul. 11, 2023

“That is not only unheard of, that is orders of magnitude out of normal,” said V. Wensley Koch, a retired 30-year veteran of APHIS.

From Reuters ● Mar. 9, 2023

"It may not have as many natural predators here as it does in its native habitat, but APHIS, state departments of agriculture, and U.S. residents are working to contain and manage the pest."

From Salon ● Sep. 3, 2021

The U.S. inspection service, known by its acronym APHIS, said “we mourn the loss of a bright agriculturist with a budding career.”

From Washington Times ● Oct. 9, 2020

Mr. Darwin says,—"I removed all the ants from a group of about a dozen aphides on a dock-plant, and prevented their attendance during several hours."

From The Relations of Science and Religion The Morse Lecture, 1880 by Henry Calderwood

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

Closely related to the typical aphides is Phylloxera vastatrix, the insect which causes enormous loss by attacking the leaves and roots of vines.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 2 "Anjar" to "Apollo" by Various

The aphides on our flowers, the moths in our furs, the "beetles" in our kitchens—all die by thousands at our pleasure.

From British Butterfiles Figures and Descriptions of Every Native Species by W. S. (William Stephen) Coleman

We revolt from the red aphides upon the plant, the caterpillar upon the tree, the vermin upon bird or beast.

From A Man's Value to Society Studies in Self Culture and Character by Newell Dwight Hillis