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phylloxeran

phylloxeran noun: any of the plant-feeding insects of the family Phylloxeridae, closely related to aphids.

phylloxeran: any of the plant-feeding insects of the family Phylloxeridae, closely related to aphids
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Noun

phylloxeran (plural phylloxerans)

  1. Any of the plant-feeding insects of the family Phylloxeridae, closely related to aphids.
    • Phylloxerans are similar to aphids but are without cornicles and hold their wings horizontally at rest.1980, Jerry A. Powell, Charles L. Hogue, California Insects, page 123
    • The final confirmation of the foregoing conclusions is given by the important discoveries of Morgan (1909), von Baehr (1909) and Stevens (1909b) in the phylloxerans and aphids, where all the fertilized eggs produce females.2004, Edward B. Wilson, “The Sex Chromosomes”, in Peter S. Harper, editor, Landmarks in Medical Genetics: Classic Papers with Commentaries, page 57

Forms of phylloxeran

pluralphylloxerans

Questions about phylloxeran

What does phylloxeran mean?
Phylloxeran means any of the plant-feeding insects of the family Phylloxeridae, closely related to aphids.
What part of speech is phylloxeran?
Phylloxeran is a noun.
What is the plural of phylloxeran?
The plural of phylloxeran is phylloxerans.

Words near phylloxeran in the dictionary

  1. phylloxanthin
  2. phylloxanthine
  3. phylloxanthins
  4. phylloxera
  5. phylloxerae
  6. phylloxeran
  7. phylloxerans
  8. phylloxeras
  9. phylloxeric
  10. phylloxerid
  11. phylloxerids

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