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ADELGID

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does adelgid mean? 

ADELGID (noun)
  The noun ADELGID has 1 sense:

1. any of various insects that feed and form galls on conifersplay

  Familiarity information: ADELGID used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


ADELGID (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Any of various insects that feed and form galls on conifers

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

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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