aphidn.
/ˈeɪfɪd/, /ˈafɪd/, U.S. /ˈeɪfᵻd/ = aphis n.
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the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Insecta > subclass Pterygota > [noun] > division Exopterygota or Hemimetabola > order Hemiptera > suborder Homoptera > family Aphis
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aphid1884
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1884 R. Browning Ferishtah's Fancies xii. 117 The aphis feeds, nor finds his leaf Untenable, because..Lightning strikes sere a moss-patch close beside, Where certain other aphids live.
1925 R. W. G. Hingston in E. F. Norton et al. Fight for Everest: 1924 285 Aphids were numerous at 15,000 feet.
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