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adelgid

DEFINITIONS OF: adelgid

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n any of various insects that feed and form galls on conifers

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Adelges piceae, balsam woolly aphid
a variety of adelgid
Adelges abietis, spruce gall aphid
a variety of adelgid
Pineus pinifoliae, pine leaf aphid
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
Type of:
louse, plant louse
any of several small insects especially aphids that feed by sucking the juices from plants
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