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