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aleurodid

aleurodid is the alternative form of aleyrodid.

Meaning of aleyrodid

Noun

aleyrodid (plural aleyrodids)

  1. Any insect of the whitefly family, Aleyrodidae.
    • But aleyrodid pests of agricultural crops are usually highly polyphagous, and a good portion of aleyrodids on palms come from their ranks.2001, F. W. Howard, Insects on Palms, page 167

Forms of aleurodid

pluralaleurodids

Questions about aleurodid

What is aleurodid the alternative form of?
Aleurodid is the alternative form of aleyrodid.

Words near aleurodid in the dictionary

  1. aleurioconidiophores
  2. aleurioconidium
  3. aleuriospore
  4. aleuriospores
  5. aleuro-
  6. aleurodid
  7. aleurodids
  8. aleurodophagous
  9. aleurolite
  10. aleuromancy
  11. aleurometer

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