Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun An aphid, Phorodon humuli, found on hops.
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Examples
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But Kentish farmers believe that the hop-fly migrates to hop-bines from plum-trees in the neighbourhood; and M. Lichtenstein considers that such migrations from one plant to another are quite normal in the family.
Falling in Love With Other Essays on More Exact Branches of Science Grant Allen 1873
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Colorado beetle or the fourteen-year locust, and so absolutely powerless against the hop-fly, the turnip-fly, and the phylloxera.
Falling in Love With Other Essays on More Exact Branches of Science Grant Allen 1873
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The two-spotted lady-bird in particular is the determined exterminator of the destructive hop-fly, and is much beloved accordingly by Kentish farmers.
Falling in Love With Other Essays on More Exact Branches of Science Grant Allen 1873
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