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aphis

/ˈeɪ.fɪs/

aphis noun: an aphid.

Noun

aphis (plural aphides)

  1. An aphid.

aphis meaning in Tamil and Bengali

aphis in Tamil

செடிப்பேன்

aphis in Bengali

এক প্রকার জাবপোকা

Forms of aphis

pluralaphides

Origin of aphis

Unadapted borrowing from New Latin aphis, coined by Linnaeus in 1758. Doublet of aphid.

Words formed from aphis

Questions about aphis

What does aphis mean?
Aphis means an aphid.
What is aphis in Tamil?
Aphis in Tamil is செடிப்பேன். See Aphis meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is aphis?
Aphis is a noun.
How do you pronounce aphis?
Aphis is pronounced /ˈeɪ.fɪs/.
What is the plural of aphis?
The plural of aphis is aphides.

Words near aphis in the dictionary

  1. aphidozer
  2. aphidozers
  3. aphids
  4. aphilanthropy
  5. aphilosophical
  6. aphis
  7. aphlebia
  8. aphlebiae
  9. aphlebial
  10. aphlogistic
  11. aphobe

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Adapted from Wiktionary: aphis (page history and authors); aphis (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); aphis (Bengali 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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