SPRUCE GALL APHID

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does spruce gall aphid mean? 

• SPRUCE GALL APHID (noun)
  The noun SPRUCE GALL APHID has 1 sense:

1. a variety of adelgid

  Familiarity information: SPRUCE GALL APHID used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SPRUCE GALL APHID (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A variety of adelgid

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

Adelges abietis; spruce gall aphid

Hypernyms ("spruce gall aphid" is a kind of...):

adelgid (any of various insects that feed and form galls on conifers)

Holonyms ("spruce gall aphid" is a member of...):

Adelges; genus Adelges (type genus of the Adelgidae: plant lice)