aphis

¹ American  

[ey-fis, af-is] / ˈeɪ fɪs, ˈæf ɪs /

noun

plural

aphides

1. an aphid, especially of the genus Aphis.

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APHIS ² American  

1. Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service.

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aphis British  

/ ˈeɪfɪs /

noun

1. any of various aphids constituting the genus Aphis, such as the blackfly

2. any other aphid

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Etymology

Origin of aphis

First recorded in 1765–75; from New Latin, first recorded in a Greek lexicon of 1523 as áphis, with the Latin gloss cimex “bedbug”; perhaps originally a misreading of Greek kóris “bug”

Example Sentences

Scientific investigations have failed to show that the release of this ladybird beetle in any aphis-infested field ever resulted in an effective reduction of the aphis population in that field.

From Time Magazine Archive

The woolly aphis is not bothered much by DDT, while the Aphelinus parasite, which normally discourages woolly aphis, is wiped out entirely.

From Time Magazine Archive

From these emerge her children — strange, bristled larvae called aphis lions, which live by preying on aphids, scales, or mites, which they capture and suck dry of fluid.

From "Silent Spring" by Rachel Carson

Other destroyers of cereal grains have since found their way across the Atlantic, and a noxious European aphis has first attacked the American wheatfields within the last four or five years.

From Man and Nature or, Physical Geography as Modified by Human Action by Marsh, George P.

My trees are troubled with canker-worm, root aphis, twig-borer, leaf-roller, and bark-louse, and my apples with curculio.

From The Apple by Various