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Aphis

Aphis Meaning & Definition
Aphis Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Aphis?

[n] type genus of the Aphididae: injurious to fruit trees and vegetables

Synonyms | Synonyms for Aphis: genus Aphis

Related Terms | Find terms related to Aphis:

See Also | Aphididae | Aphis fabae | Aphis pomi | apple aphid | arthropod genus | bean aphid | blackfly | family Aphididae | green apple aphid

Aphis In Webster's Dictionary

\A"phis\, n.; pl. {Aphides}. [NL.] (Zo["o]l.) A genus of insects belonging to the order Hemiptera and family {Aphid[ae]}, including numerous species known as plant lice and green flies. Note: Besides the true males and females, there is a race of wingless asexual individuals which have the power of producing living young in rapid succession, and these in turn may produce others of the same kind for several generations, before sexual individuals appear. They suck the sap of plants by means of a tubular proboscis, and owing to the wonderful rapidity of their reproduction become very destructive to vegetation. Many of the {Aphid[ae]} excrete honeydew from two tubes near the end of the body.

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