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noun
Any of several kinds of common insects green in color:
Certain aphids (Aphidoidea), commonly known as greenfly in Britain and the Commonwealth.
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noun
Any of several kinds of common insects green in color:
Certain aphids (Aphidoidea), commonly known as greenfly in Britain and the Commonwealth.
Especially, Myzus persicae, green peach aphid.
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noun
Any of several kinds of common insects green in color:
Lucilia sericata, common green bottle fly.
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noun
Any of several kinds of common insects green in color:
Tabanus nigrovittatus, a biting horsefly more commonly known as the greenhead horsefly, greenhead fly, or greenhead.
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noun
Any of several kinds of common insects green in color:
Odontomyia chloris (syn. Musca chloris).
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noun
greenish aphid; pest on garden and crop plants
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: aphid
Narrower terms: green peach aphid, pale chrysanthemum aphid
History
From green + fly.
Across languages
2 source translations are retained for this English entry.
