aphid
/ˈeɪ.fɪd//ˈeɪ.fɪd/
aphid noun: a sap-sucking insect pest of the superfamily Aphidoidea; an aphidian.
Noun
aphid (plural aphids)
aphid meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Kannada and Tagalog
aphid in Hindi
- insect
- द्रुमयूका drumyūkā
aphid in Tamil
- insect
- செடிப்பேன் ceṭippēṉ, அசுவினி acuviṉi
aphid in Kannada
- ಗಿಡಹೇನು, ಎಲೆಕೂರೆ
aphid in Tagalog
- insect
- dapulak
More languagesFewer languages
- aphid in Arabic
- مَنّ mann, مَنَّة manna
- aphid in Malay
- afid, kutu daun
- aphid in Persian
- شته šate
- aphid in Thai
- เพลี้ย plíia
- aphid in Vietnamese
- rệp vừng
Examples of aphid in a sentence
- A loveliness of ladybugs is enjoying lunch - little aphids that pepper a crop of soybeans.
- Aphid type was defined as a combination of aphid colour and symbiotype.
- A single syrphid larva can consume hundreds of aphids during its development.
Forms of aphid
| plural | aphids |
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Origin of aphid
From New Latin aphis (plural aphides), coined by Swedish botanist Carolus Linnaeus in 1758. His inspiration for the name remains unclear; OED suggests it might stem from a misreading of Ancient Greek κορις (koris, “bug”) (see diagram), in which case the nominative -ις (-is) suffix was reanalyzed as -ις, -ιδος (-is, -idos); while AHD suggests a connection to Ancient Greek ἀφειδής (apheidḗs, “unsparing, lavishly borrowed”) in reference to the insects' voracity or rapid rate of production, from ἀ- (a-, “not”) + φείδομαι (pheídomai, “to spare, be thrifty, be merciful”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *bʰeyd- (“to split”). Doublet of aphis.
Words formed from aphid
- almond aphid
- aphicide
- aphidian
- aphidicide
- aphidicolin
- aphidid
- aphidiine
- aphidine
- aphidious
- aphidivorous
- aphidlike
- aphid lion
- aphid midge
- aphidoid
- aphidology
- aphidomorph
- aphidophagous
- aphidophagy
- aphidozer
- aphid wolf
- aphiophilous
- apple aphid
- apple-grass aphid
- apple root aphid
- artichoke root aphid
- asparagus aphid
- balsam twig aphid
- bean aphid
- beech blight aphid
- beet leaf aphid
- bird-cherry aphid
- black bean aphid
- black cherry aphid
- black citrus aphid
- black currant aphid
- black peach aphid
- box elder aphid
- brown citrus aphid
- brown peach aphid
- brown pear aphid
- buckthorn aphid
- cabbage aphid
- carrot aphid
- cereal leaf aphid
- cherry aphid
- clove aphid
- corn aphid
- corn leaf aphid
- corn root aphid
- cotton and melon aphid
- cotton aphid
- cowpea aphid
- currant aphid
- currant-sowthistle aphid
- damson-hop aphid
- English grain aphid
- foxglove aphid
- fringed orchid aphid
- gall aphid
- glasshouse and potato aphid
Phrases with aphid
Questions about aphid
- What does aphid mean?
- Aphid means a sap-sucking insect pest of the superfamily Aphidoidea; an aphidian.
- What is aphid in Hindi?
- Aphid in Hindi is द्रुमयूका (drumyūkā). See Aphid meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is aphid?
- Aphid is a noun.
- How do you pronounce aphid?
- Aphid is pronounced /ˈeɪ.fɪd/ (UK).
- What is the plural of aphid?
- The plural of aphid is aphids.
Words near aphid in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: aphid (page history and authors); aphid (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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