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adelgid
a·del·gid W0216650 (ə-dĕl′jĭd)n. Any of various aphidlike insects of the family Adelgidae that infest conifers and usually secrete a waxy or woolly covering.
[From New Latin Adelgidae, family name, from Adelgēs, type genus, from -adelges (interpreted as "suckers"), in French Phytadelges, former adelgid family name (phyt(o)- + -adelges, literally "plant-suckers"), and French Zoadelges, former family of hemipterans including the bedbug (zo(o)- + -adelges, literally "animal-suckers"), both coined by French zoologist André Marie Constant Duméril (1774-1860), from adelgein, probably misreading of Greek amelgein, to milk, suck up, drain, drink; see melg- in Indo-European roots, or possibly misreading of athelgein, a rare verb said to mean the same thing as amelgein in a 4th-century ad Greek dictionary.]Thesaurus| Noun | 1. | adelgid - any of various insects that feed and form galls on conifersplant louse, louse - any of several small insects especially aphids that feed by sucking the juices from plantsAdelgidae, family Adelgidae - plant liceAdelges piceae, balsam woolly aphid - a variety of adelgidAdelges abietis, spruce gall aphid - a variety of adelgidpine leaf aphid, Pineus pinifoliae - a variety of adelgidwoolly adelgid - an insect that feeds on hemlocks; its egg sacs are small fuzzy white balls like artificial snow on a Christmas tree |
adelgid
Words related to adelgidnoun any of various insects that feed and form galls on conifersRelated Words- plant louse
- louse
- Adelgidae
- family Adelgidae
- Adelges piceae
- balsam woolly aphid
- Adelges abietis
- spruce gall aphid
- pine leaf aphid
- Pineus pinifoliae
- woolly adelgid
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