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spotted alfalfa aphid
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noun
a pale yellowish aphid, Therioaphis maculata, of the southern U.S., especially west of the Mississippi River, that is marked with black spots and has fine spines on its back: a pest mainly of alfalfa and some other legumes, as clover.
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Origin of spotted alfalfa aphid
First recorded in 1955â60
Words nearby spotted alfalfa aphid
spot reducing, spot strike, Spotsylvania, spotted, spotted adder, spotted alfalfa aphid, spotted cavy, spotted cowbane, spotted crake, spotted crane's-bill, spotted deer
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