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aphis

1

[ ey-fis, af-is ]

noun

, plural a·phi·des [ey, -fi-deez, af, -i-].
  1. an aphid, especially of the genus Aphis.


APHIS

2
  1. Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service.

aphis

/ ˈeɪfɪs /

noun

  1. any of various aphids constituting the genus Aphis, such as the blackfly
  2. any other aphid
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Word History and Origins

Origin of aphis1

First recorded in 1765–75; from New Latin, first recorded in a Greek lexicon of 1523 as áphis, with the Latin gloss cimex “bedbug”; perhaps originally a misreading of Greek kóris “bug”
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Word History and Origins

Origin of aphis1

C18: from New Latin (coined by Linnaeus for obscure reasons)
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Example Sentences

The winged Aphis also remains, the Ant, the Mosquito and many another of the smaller insects.

The aphis-lions crawling over the plants come across the little aphid.

For some years the lime-tree aphis has seriously attacked the lime-trees of the public promenades of Paris.

These are the galls formed by the North American poplar gall aphis.

Reaumur estimated that a single Aphis might produce six thousand millions in one summer.

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