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a·phis 
[ey-fis, af-is] Pronunciation Key
[ey-fis, af-is] Pronunciation Key [Origin: 1765–75; < NL, first recorded in a Gk lexicon of 1523 as áphis, with the L gloss cimex bedbug; perh. orig. a misreading of Gk kóris bug]
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APHIS
| Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service. |
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| a·phis
(ā'fĭs, āf'ĭs) Pronunciation Key
n. pl. a·phi·des (ā'fĭ-dēz', āf'ĭ-) An aphid, especially one of the genus Aphis. [New Latin Aphis, genus name.] |
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| aphis | |
noun | |
| type genus of the Aphididae: injurious to fruit trees and vegetables |
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Aphis
A"phis\, n.; pl. Aphides. [NL.] (Zo["o]l.) A genus of insects belonging to the order Hemiptera and family Aphid[ae], including numerous species known as plant lice and green flies. Note: Besides the true males and females, there is a race of wingless asexual individuals which have the power of producing living young in rapid succession, and these in turn may produce others of the same kind for several generations, before sexual individuals appear. They suck the sap of plants by means of a tubular proboscis, and owing to the wonderful rapidity of their reproduction become very destructive to vegetation. Many of the Aphid[ae] excrete honeydew from two tubes near the end of the body.
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| APHIS [United States Department of Agriculture] Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service |
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