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How to pronounce aphid in English?

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Type Words
Type of plant louse, louse
Has types aphis pomi, apple aphid, bean aphid, blackfly, green apple aphid, greenfly, woolly plant louse, aphis fabae, woolly aphid, ant cow

Examples of aphid

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This aphid will produce young offspring throughout the spring and summer season.
From the al.com
In the early 1860s France was invaded by a tiny aphid with a voracious appetite.
From the newscientist.com
This Tincture plant seems to have attracted an insect looking for an aphid lunch.
From the sacbee.com
The greenfly is one of the 550 different kinds of aphid that thrive in Britain.
From the independent.co.uk
Almost every plant has one or more aphid species that occasionally feeds on it.
From the sacbee.com
Many aphid species prefer the undersides of leaves, so turn leaves over to check.
From the sacbee.com
He specializes in greenhouse crop pest species including the black bean aphid.
From the cnn.com
In return they'll eat the aphid on your roses and leather jackets in the lawn.
From the thisisbristol.co.uk
In the absence of one wasp species, the aphid it preyed upon grew in numbers.
From the sciencedaily.com
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  • Any of various small plant-sucking insects
  • Aphids, also known as plant lice and in Britain and the Commonwealth as greenflies, blackflies or whiteflies, are small sap sucking insects, and members of the superfamily Aphidoidea. Aphids are among the most destructive insect pests on cultivated plants in temperate regions. ...
  • Sapsucking pest insect of the superfamily Aphidoidea; an aphidian
  • (Aphids) Small sap sucking insects. They infect foliage and flowers they can be easily recognized by the "honeydew" that they secrete.
  • (Aphids) Small insects that feed by sucking the sap from plants.
  • (Aphids) Also called Greenflies or Plant Lice. Insects known to feed on African Violets. Aphids measure 1/16 to 1/8 inch in length and come in various colors, including black, brown, green, red and pink. They have pear-shaped bodies with long antennae and legs. ...
  • (Aphids( Greenfly)) A pest which infests plants, particularly roses, weakening them by feeding on the plant`s sap
  • (Aphids) Rapid-breeding sap-sucking pests which also carry virus diseases. Greenfly and blackfly are the commonest in Britain.
  • (Aphids) Small, pear shaped, often wingless insects that suck plant juices. This causes leaves to curl and flowers to be malformed. Aphids secrete a sticky honeydew that attracts ants.