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Aphid   /ˈæfəd/  /ˈeɪfəd/   Listen
Aphid

noun
1.
Any of various small plant-sucking insects.



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"Aphid" Quotes from Famous Books



... catch a sufficient number in six months. And, if caught, how could they be preserved, together with the original stock of insects necessary to supply the world after the deluge? Some insects eat only bark; others, resinous secretions, the pith, solid wood, leaves, sap in the veins, as the aphid, flowers, pollen, and honey. Wood, bark, resin, and honey might have been supplied; but how could green leaves, sap, flowers and pollen, be furnished to those insects absolutely requiring them for existence? Thirty species of insects feed on the nettle, but not one of them ...
— The Deluge in the Light of Modern Science - A Discourse • William Denton



Words linked to "Aphid" :   woolly plant louse, blackfly, Aphis fabae, woolly aphid, Aphis pomi, plant louse, ant cow, greenfly, louse



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