aphis

¹

[ ey-fis, af-is ]

noun

, plural a·phi·des [ey, -fi-deez, af, -i-].

1. an aphid, especially of the genus Aphis.

APHIS

²

1. Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service.

aphis

/ ˈeɪfɪs /

noun

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

Word History and Origins

Origin of aphis¹

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”

Word History and Origins

Origin of aphis¹

C18: from New Latin (coined by Linnaeus for obscure reasons)

Example Sentences

The winged Aphis also remains, the Ant, the Mosquito and many another of the smaller insects.

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The aphis-lions crawling over the plants come across the little aphid.

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For some years the lime-tree aphis has seriously attacked the lime-trees of the public promenades of Paris.

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These are the galls formed by the North American poplar gall aphis.

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Reaumur estimated that a single Aphis might produce six thousand millions in one summer.

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