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ADELGID
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Any of various insects that feed and form galls on conifers
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("adelgid" is a kind of...):
louse; plant louse (any of several small insects especially aphids that feed by sucking the juices from plants)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "adelgid"):
Adelges piceae; balsam woolly aphid; Adelges abietis; spruce gall aphid; pine leaf aphid; Pineus pinifoliae (a variety of adelgid)
woolly adelgid (an insect that feeds on hemlocks; its egg sacs are small fuzzy white balls like artificial snow on a Christmas tree)
Holonyms ("adelgid" is a member of...):
Adelgidae; family Adelgidae (plant lice)
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