aphid
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aphid
- /ˈeɪ.fɪd/ UK
- /ˈeɪ.fɪd/ US
Where it comes from
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.
noun aphids
- A sap-sucking insect pest of the superfamily Aphidoidea; an aphidian.
Translations
Every language
noun insect
| Español | áfido, pulgón |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 진딧물 jindinmul |
| 日本語 | 油虫 aburamushi |
| 中文 | 蚜 yá, 蚜蟲 /蚜虫 yáchóng |
| हिन्दी | द्रुमयूका drumyūkā |
| Português | pulgão, afídeo |
| Français | puceron |
| Deutsch | Blattlaus |
| Italiano | afide |
| Ελληνικά | αφίδα afída, μελίγκρα melígkra |
| Română | afidă, afide |
| Русский | тля tlja |
| Tiếng Việt | rệp vừng |
| العربية | مَنّ mann, مَنَّة manna |
| עברית | כנימה knimá |
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