aphis
/ey-fis, af-is/US // ˈeɪ fɪs, ˈæf ɪs //UK // (ˈeɪfɪs) //
蚜虫,蚜虫病,蚜茧,梅花鹿
Definitions
n.名词 noun
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plural a·phi·des [ey-fi-deez, af-i-]. /ˈeɪ fɪˌdiz, ˈæf ɪ-/.
- : an aphid, especially of the genus Aphis.
Examples
The winged Aphis also remains, the Ant, the Mosquito and many another of the smaller insects.
The aphis-lions crawling over the plants come across the little aphid.
For some years the lime-tree aphis has seriously attacked the lime-trees of the public promenades of Paris.
These are the galls formed by the North American poplar gall aphis.
Reaumur estimated that a single Aphis might produce six thousand millions in one summer.
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