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Word: Aphis
Speech Type: Noun
Etymology:
late 18th century: modern Latin, from Greek, perhaps a misreading of koris ‘bug’ (interpreting the characters κορ ‘kor’ as αφ ‘aph’)
Audio Pronunciation:
Phonetic Spelling:
ˈeɪfɪs
Dialects: British English
Definition:
an aphid, especially one of the genus Aphis (which includes the common greenfly and blackfly).
Short Definition:aphid
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