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aphid
[ ey-fid, af-id ]
noun
- any of numerous tiny soft-bodied insects of the family Aphididae of worldwide distribution, that suck the sap from the stems and leaves of various plants, some developing wings when overcrowding occurs: an important pest of many fruit trees and vegetable crops.
Derived Forms
- aphidian, adjectivenoun
- ²¹Ëˆ±è³ó¾±»å¾±´Ç³Ü²õ, adjective
Other ˜yÐÄvlog Forms
- ²¹Â·±è³ó¾±»å·¾±Â·²¹²Ô [uh, -, fid, -ee-, uh, n], adjective noun
- ²¹Â·±è³ó¾±»åi·´Ç³Ü²õ adjective
˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
Origin of aphid1
Example Sentences
Some insects, including aphids and cicadas, feed on phloem – the living tissue inside plants that carries food made in the leaves to other parts of the plant – and may also benefit from carbon-rich plants.
Neonicotinoids were banned in 2018 but sugar beet farmers have been given special permission to use them every year for the past four years to fight virus yellows, a disease spread by aphids.
They are currently used by sugar beet farmers to protect their crops from virus yellows, a disease spread by aphids.
Downtown's Pershing Square supports mourning doves, Vaux's swifts, gopher snakes and exotic streaktails, a type of fly that feeds on aphids.
Acephate and malathion belong to a class of chemicals called organophosphates, which U.S. farmers have used for decades because they efficiently kill aphids, fire ants and other pests.
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