How to pronounce aphid
American English pronunciation
AY-fid
- IPA
- /ˈeɪfɪd/
- Syllables
- AY · fid (2 syllables, stress on the 1st)
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What aphid means
A tiny insect that sucks the juice out of plants
In a sentence: Ladybugs crawled over the rosebush and gobbled up every aphid they found.
Where it comes from: The scientist Carl Linnaeus named it in 1758, but no one is sure where he got the name. It may come from a misread Greek word for a bug.
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