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Definition of Aphidians
1. aphidian [n] - See also: aphidian
Lexicographical Neighbors of Aphidians
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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