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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
  1. 1

    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.