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ALL meanings of aphid

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  • countable noun aphid Aphids are very small insects which live on plants and suck their juices. 3
  • noun aphid any of the small homopterous insects of the family Aphididae, which feed by sucking the juices from plants 3
  • noun aphid any of a large family (Aphididae) of small, soft-bodied homopteran insects that suck the juice from plants; plant louse 3
  • noun aphid insect: greenfly 1
  • noun aphid 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. 1
  • noun aphid A minute bug that feeds by sucking sap from plants. It reproduces rapidly, often producing live young without mating, and may live in large colonies that cause extensive damage to crops. 1
  • noun aphid Sapsucking pest insect of the superfamily Aphidoidea; an aphidian. 0
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