woolly apple aphid

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• woolly apple aphid — noun primarily a bark feeder on aerial parts and roots of apple and other trees • Syn: ↑American blight, ↑Eriosoma lanigerum • Hypernyms: ↑woolly aphid, ↑woolly plant louse • Member Holonyms: ↑Eriosoma, ↑ …   Useful english dictionary

• apple aphid — noun bright green aphid; feeds on and causes curling of apple leaves • Syn: ↑green apple aphid, ↑Aphis pomi • Hypernyms: ↑aphid • Member Holonyms: ↑Aphis, ↑genus Aphis * * * …   Useful english dictionary

• woolly aphid — noun secretes a waxy substance like a mass of fine curly white cotton or woolly threads • Syn: ↑woolly plant louse • Hypernyms: ↑aphid • Hyponyms: ↑woolly apple aphid, ↑American blight, ↑Eriosoma lanigerum, ↑ …   Useful english dictionary

• 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

• Apple — This article is about the fruit. For the technology company, see Apple Inc.. For other uses, see Apple (disambiguation). Apple tree redirects here. For other uses, see Apple tree (disambiguation) …   Wikipedia

• woolly plant louse — noun secretes a waxy substance like a mass of fine curly white cotton or woolly threads • Syn: ↑woolly aphid • Hypernyms: ↑aphid • Hyponyms: ↑woolly apple aphid, ↑American blight, ↑Eriosoma lanigerum, ↑ …   Useful english dictionary

• woolly aphid — 1. any plant louse of the family Aphididae, characterized by a waxy secretion that appears like a jumbled mass of fine, curly, white cottony or woolly threads, as Eriosoma lanigerum (woolly apple aphid or American blight) and Prociphilus… …   Universalium

• apple blight — noun a disease of apple trees • Syn: ↑apple canker • Hypernyms: ↑blight * * * noun 1. : any of various plant lice attacking the apple; especially : woolly apple aphid …   Useful english dictionary

• Aphid — This article is about the insect. For other uses, see Aphid (disambiguation). Aphids Temporal range: Permian–Present …   Wikipedia

• apple-blight — appˈle blight noun American blight, a woolly substance produced by an aphid that infests apple trees • • • Main Entry: ↑apple …   Useful english dictionary

• homopteran — /heuh mop teuhr euhn, hoh /, adj. 1. homopterous. n. 2. a homopterous insect. [1835 45; see HOMOPTEROUS, AN] * * * ▪ insect order Introduction   any of more than 32,000 species of sucking insects, the members of which exhibit considerable… …   Universalium