woolly aphid
Americannoun
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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.
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any of various aphids that produce white waxy threads, as Adelges piceae balsam woolly aphid.
Etymology
Origin of woolly aphid
First recorded in 1835–45
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