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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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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

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

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

The eggs of the mother aphis are laid in the autumn, giving birth to the baby swarm in the following spring.

From Eye Spy Afield with Nature Among Flowers and Animate Things by Gibson, W. Hamilton (William Hamilton)

My trees are troubled with canker-worm, tent-caterpillar, root aphis, roundhead borers, and buffalo tree-hopper; and my apples with codling-moth, curculio, and gouger.

From The Apple by Various

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

They are very liable to attacks from aphides, but the insecticide for pears in pots is good also for plums.

From The Book of Pears and Plums by Bartrum, Edward

Certain insects also prove injurious in the nursery, among these the most numerous are the aphides, which are found upon the roots of some fruit trees, especially the apple.

From American Pomology Apples by Warder, J. A.

The aphides multiply for many generations without the intervention of a male.

From Degeneracy Its Causes, Signs and Results by Talbot, Eugene S.

The soft soap serves as a vehicle to retain the bitterness of the quassia upon the bines and leaves, making them repulsive to the aphides, which are thus starved out.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 6 "Home, Daniel" to "Hortensius, Quintus" by Various

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 Johns, Rev. C. A.