Definition of Aphidians

1. Noun. (plural of aphidian) ¹

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Definition of Aphidians

1. aphidian [n] - See also: aphidian

Lexicographical Neighbors of Aphidians

aphetise
aphetised
aphetises
aphetism
aphetisms
aphetize
aphetized
aphetizes
aphetizing
aphicide
aphicides
aphid
aphid lion
aphides
aphidian
aphidians (current term)
aphidicide
aphidicides
aphidicolin
aphidivorous
aphidlike
aphidophagous
aphids
aphilanthropy
aphilopony
aphilosophical
aphis lion
aphlogistic
aphobia

Literary usage of Aphidians

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Annual Report of the Board of State Viticultural Commissioners by California Board of State Viticultural Commissioners (1881)
"I am not quite satisfied in regard to the predilection of this little being for the phylloxera ; at least it lives not exclusively on aphidians. ..."

2. A Treatise on some of the insects injurious to vegetation by Thaddeus William Harris (1880)
"The aphidians, in which group we include the insects commonly known by the name of plant-lice, differ remarkably from all the foregoing in their appearance, ..."

3. The Entomologist's Monthly Magazine by Nathaniel Lloyd and Company (1864)
"Following up my ideas about the cycle of life of the aphidians, I bred this year a ... As with Phylloxera, and, in fact, with all aphidians I am aware of, ..."

4. Proceedings of the Davenport Academy of Sciences by Davenport Academy of Sciences (1904)
"Moreover, all gall- making aphidians that are known to me remain in the gall till they have reached maturity and most of them acquired wings; ..."

5. Biennial Report by California Dept. of Agriculture, California State Commission of Horticulture (1887)
"We have observed orchards in Woodland and elsewhere, where the trees were cleansed of aphidians by use of their natural enemy, the syrphus fly, ..."

6. Transactions of the American Entomological Society by American Entomological Society (1868)
"And furthermore, I never find any difficulty in determining the tarsal characters of any of the numerous aphidians, from examining them in the larval state; ..."

7. The Plough, the Loom, and the Anvil (1856)
"But these differ from the aphidians, inasmuch as the latter have large wings, covering the body like the sides of a steep roof, and which are also ..."

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