woolly aphid

[ wool-ee ey-fid, af-id ]

/ ˈwʊl i ˈeɪ fɪd, ˈæf ɪd /

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any plant louse of the family Aphididae, characterized by a waxy secretion that appears like a jumbled mass of fine, curly, white cottony or woolly threads, as Eriosoma lanigerum(woolly apple aphid, or American blight ) and Prociphilus tessellatus(woolly alder aphid ).

any of various aphids that produce white waxy threads, as Adelges piceae(balsam woolly aphid ).

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Origin of woolly aphid

First recorded in 1835–45

Words nearby woolly aphid

Woollcott, woolled, woollen, Woolley, woolly, woolly aphid, woolly bear, woollybutt, woolly-hair nevus, woolly-headed, woolly mammoth

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An army of Wildlings, some giants, and a woolly mammoth or two?
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Rockefeller Republicans have long gone the way of the woolly mammoth.
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And every second belief in the world is a woolly superstition.
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In a typical post, she wears a crazy-looking pinafore with an outrageous collar, round-frame shades, and thick, woolly knee socks.
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Did she learn from the New York 23rd District election that being a moderate Republican is a lot like being a woolly mammoth?
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I have drawn him gray and woolly, and you can see that he is very proud because he has a wreath of flowers in his hair.
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Their color is dark brown or black, their hair woolly, and inclined to grow in tufts, like that of the Bushmen.
Man And His Ancestor|Charles Morris
What do you suppose Sunbridge will say to your new expressions à la the wild and woolly West?
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The woolly stems of the millet, likewise, defied their insatiable appetites.
A Fortune Hunter; Or, The Old Stone Corral|John Dunloe Carteret
They are just as much a manufactured article as the little woolly "baa-baas" in the baby's Noah's Ark.
The Red Cow and Her Friends|Peter McArthur

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