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from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun An insect of the aphis tribe, Aphis fabæ, which destroys the leaves of bean-crops, thus rendering the plants incapable of bringing the ordinary quantity of seeds to perfection. Also called, from its black color, the collier-aphis.

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