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aphid
[ ey-fid, af-id ]
noun
- any of numerous tiny soft-bodied insects of the family Aphididae of worldwide distribution, that suck the sap from the stems and leaves of various plants, some developing wings when overcrowding occurs: an important pest of many fruit trees and vegetable crops.
Derived Forms
- aphidian, adjectivenoun
- 补藞辫丑颈诲颈辞耻蝉, adjective
Other 亚洲网紅露点 Forms
- 补路辫丑颈诲路颈路补苍 [uh, -, fid, -ee-, uh, n], adjective noun
- 补路辫丑颈诲顎僫路辞耻蝉 adjective
亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins
亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins
Origin of aphid1
Example Sentences
Some insects, including aphids and cicadas, feed on phloem 鈥 the living tissue inside plants that carries food made in the leaves to other parts of the plant 鈥 and may also benefit from carbon-rich plants.
Neonicotinoids were banned in 2018 but sugar beet farmers have been given special permission to use them every year for the past four years to fight virus yellows, a disease spread by aphids.
They are currently used by sugar beet farmers to protect their crops from virus yellows, a disease spread by aphids.
Downtown's Pershing Square supports mourning doves, Vaux's swifts, gopher snakes and exotic streaktails, a type of fly that feeds on aphids.
Acephate and malathion belong to a class of chemicals called organophosphates, which U.S. farmers have used for decades because they efficiently kill aphids, fire ants and other pests.
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