Etymology dictionary. 2014.
aphid — aphid; aphid·i·dae; aphid·iv·o·rous; aphid·ol·o·gist; aphid·oph·a·gous; aphid·oph·i·lous; … English syllables
Aphid — A phid, n. (Zo[ o]l.) One of the genus Aphis; an aphidian. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
aphid — ► NOUN ▪ a greenfly or similar small insect feeding on the sap of plants. ORIGIN Greek aphis … English terms dictionary
aphid — [ā′fid, af′id] n. [< ModL aphis (pl. aphides); first applied by LINNAEUS Carolus prob. < MGr, misreading of Gr koris, a bug] any of a large family (Aphididae) of small, soft bodied homopteran insects that suck the juice from plants; plant… … English World dictionary
Aphid — This article is about the insect. For other uses, see Aphid (disambiguation). Aphids Temporal range: Permian–Present … Wikipedia
aphid — aphidian /euh fid ee euhn/, adj., n. aphidious, adj. /ay fid, af id/, n. any of numerous tiny soft bodied insects of the family Aphididae of worldwide distribution, that suck the sap from the stems and leaves of various plants, some developing… … Universalium
aphid — UK [ˈeɪfɪd] / US noun [countable] Word forms aphid : singular aphid plural aphids a very small insect that lives on plants and destroys them … English dictionary
Aphid (disambiguation) — Aphid can refer to *Aphid, a type of insect *Aphid is the NATO reporting name for the Soviet/Russian Molniya R 60 air to air missile.* Aphid is an acronym for Apache/Perl HTTP Installation Daemon *Lake Storm Aphid is the National Weather Service… … Wikipedia
Aphid Moon — is Jules Hamer, a psychedelic trance artist.With couple of Aphid Moon releases before the millennium he has continuedwith a successive string of releases on virtually all the British psy trancelabels as well a few notable foreign labels. His… … Wikipedia
aphid — noun Date: 1861 any of numerous very small soft bodied homopterous insects (superfamily Aphidoidea) that suck the juices of plants … New Collegiate Dictionary
