APHID
What does "APHID" mean?
A tiny sap-sucking insect that feeds on plants and can damage crops.
Meanings
- A small soft-bodied insect of the family Aphididae that feeds on plant sap, often in colonies. Ladybirds devoured the aphids clustered on the rosebuds.
Did you know?
- Many aphids reproduce without mating: females give birth to live, already-pregnant daughters, so a newborn aphid can carry her own future grandchildren inside her.
- Aphids excrete a sugary 'honeydew' that ants farm them for - some ant species herd, milk, and protect aphids much as humans keep cattle.
Word origin
A 19th-century coinage from the scientific genus name 'Aphis', given by Linnaeus; the ultimate origin of 'Aphis' is uncertain.
Remember it
APHID hides 'PH' like in 'plant pest' - and an aphid is exactly that on your PHlox.
A little poem
Green dot on the stem-
she is already a mother,
and her child, a mother.
haiku
Wordplay
- Ants keep aphids the way we keep cows - which makes the rose garden the world's tiniest dairy farm.
What it teaches
The smallest creatures rewrite the rules we think are fixed; nature keeps no oath you didn't make for it.
Quick facts
What does APHID mean?
A tiny sap-sucking insect that feeds on plants and can damage crops.
Is APHID a valid word?
Yes — APHID is one of the answer words in Wordul, the daily word game.
How many letters is APHID?
APHID has 5 letters and 2 syllables.
Where does APHID come from?
A 19th-century coinage from the scientific genus name 'Aphis', given by Linnaeus; the ultimate origin of 'Aphis' is uncertain.
What can APHID teach us?
The smallest creatures rewrite the rules we think are fixed; nature keeps no oath you didn't make for it.
How players do
Be the first to solve it.