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WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024spruce′ gall′ a′phid. - InsectsSee under adelgid. Also called spruce′ gall′ adel′gid.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024a•del•gid (ə del′jid),USA pronunciation n. - Insectsany of various homopterous insects of the family Adelgidae, as Adelges abietis (spruce gall aphid)and Pineus pinifoliae (pine leaf aphid,) that feed and form galls on conifers.
- ?: unexplained by the name's originator) + -idae -id2
- Greek ádel(os) unseen, invisible (a- a-6 + dêlos visible, clear) + Neo-Latin -ges
- Neo-Latin Adelgidae, equivalent. to Adelg(es) a genus name (apparently
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