corn-leaf aphid

[ kawrn-leef ]

/ ˈkɔrnˌlif /

noun

a green aphid, Rhopalosiphum maidis, widely distributed in the U.S.: a pest of corn and other grasses.

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Nearby words

corn sugar, corn syrup, corn whiskey, corn whisky, corn-cracker, corn-leaf aphid, corn-picker, corn-pone, corn-root aphid, corn., cornaceous

Origin of corn-leaf aphid

First recorded in 1935–40

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