Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun Any of various small, soft-bodied insects of the superfamily Aphidoidea that feed by sucking sap from plants and that can reproduce asexually.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun An aphidian; a plant-louse; a member of the genus Aphis or family Aphididœce (which see). In the plural, the plant-lice: a general or indeterminate term for the members of the genus Aphis, of the family Aphididœce, or of the suborder Phytophthiria.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Zoöl.) One of the genus Aphis; an aphidian.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun
Sap sucking pest insect of the superfamilyAphidoidea ; anaphidian .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun any of various small plant-sucking insects
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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Larvae, often called "aphid lions,"are among the most efficient predators of aphids.
The Seattle Times 2011
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February 23rd, 2010 WASHINGTON - Scientists from more than 10 nations took part in the sequencing and analysis of the genome of the pea aphid, which is considered as the "mosquito" of the plant world.
Gaea Times (by Simple Thoughts) Breaking News and incisive views 24/7 2010
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Scientists from more than 10 nations took part in the sequencing and analysis of the genome of the pea aphid, which is considered as the "mosquito" of the
WN.com - Articles related to Sea secrets - over 5,000 new marine species found 2010
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Washington, Feb 23: Scientists from more than 10 nations took part in the sequencing and analysis of the genome of the pea aphid, which is considered as the
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What's special about the wasps, and what made them ideal for this study, is that individuals of one species can be raised to prefer one kind of aphid prey over all others.
innovations-report 2008
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An adult wasp will strongly prefer to lay her eggs in the same kind of aphid in which she herself grew up.
innovations-report 2008
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An adult wasp will strongly prefer to lay her eggs in the same kind of aphid in which she herself grew up.
innovations-report 2008
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What's special about the wasps, and what made them ideal for this study, is that individuals of one species can be raised to prefer one kind of aphid prey over all others.
innovations-report 2008
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By changing the number of wasp species (one versus three) and whether each wasp species was a specialist (all of the individuals parasitizing just one kind of aphid) or a generalist (different individuals parasitizing different kinds of aphids), Finke and Snyder were able to separately test the effects of species number and resource use.
innovations-report 2008
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By changing the number of wasp species (one versus three) and whether each wasp species was a specialist (all of the individuals parasitizing just one kind of aphid) or a generalist (different individuals parasitizing different kinds of aphids), Finke and Snyder were able to separately test the effects of species number and resource use.
innovations-report 2008
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