Definition of Adelges

1. Noun. Type genus of the Adelgidae: plant lice.

Exact synonyms: Genus Adelges
Generic synonyms: Arthropod Genus
Group relationships: Adelgidae, Family Adelgidae
Member holonyms: Adelges Piceae, Balsam Woolly Aphid, Adelges Abietis, Spruce Gall Aphid

Lexicographical Neighbors of Adelges

Addisonian
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Address Resolution Protocol
Addressograph
Addy
Addyman
Ade
Adel
Adela
Adelaide
Adelaidean
Adelaideans
Adelaidian
Adelaidians
Adele
Adelges (current term)
Adelges abietis
Adelges piceae
Adelgidae
Adelie
Adelie penguin
Adelie penguins
Adeline
Adeline Virginia Stephen Woolf
Adelman
Aden
Aden-Abyan Islamic Army
Aden ulcer
Adenanthera
Adenanthera pavonina

Literary usage of Adelges

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

1. The Birds of Maine: With Key to and Description of the Various Species Known by Ora Willis Knight (1908)
"They do pay quite especial attention to the Adelges or " spruce gall lice " which form disfigurements on the tips of the branches of spruce and fir, ..."

2. Edinburgh New Philosophical Journal, Exhibiting a View of the Progressive by Robert Jameson, Sir William Jardine, Henry D Rogers (1862)
"It is the Adelges corti- calis of Kaltenbach. ... The larch Adelges began to excite notice in the country about 1814, as appears from the thirteenth vol. of ..."

3. Entomological News and Proceedings of the Entomological Section of the by Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia Entomological Section (1896)
"There seems to be some doubt whether we have more than one species in this country. Some specimens do not agree with Thomas' Adelges ..."

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