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# aphid

noun (an aphid, aphids)

«aphid» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. An aphid is a very small insect, often green or black, that sucks the sap (juice) from plants. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/aphid/#m1)
2. Aphids are also called greenfly or blackfly in the UK. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/aphid/#m2)

### In the lessons

In science lessons aphids are an example in food chains: they eat plant sap, and ladybirds (ladybugs), lacewings and birds eat aphids. Gardeners see them as pests because they weaken plants. Ants «farm» aphids for the sweet honeydew they make.

### Examples

- Aphids were sucking the sap from the roses. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/aphid/#x1)
- Ladybirds eat lots of aphids. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/aphid/#x2)
- Look under the leaf: it's covered in tiny green aphids. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/aphid/#x3)
- Ants protect aphids to get their sweet honeydew. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/aphid/#x4)
- Too many aphids can make a plant wilt. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/aphid/#x5)
- The food chain: rose → aphid → ladybird → bird. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/aphid/#x6)

### Note

Countable: an aphid, aphids. Pronounced «AY-fid». An aphid is an insect (six legs), not a bug from a computer. «Greenfly» are not flies; it is just a name.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «aphid» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/aphid/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«aphid» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/aphid.html) on Mova free.