ERIOPHYID


Meaning of ERIOPHYID in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ˌer-ē-ˈä-fē-əd, -ē-ə-ˈfī-əd ]

noun

Etymology: ultimately from Greek erion wool + phyē growth; akin to Greek physis growth — more at physics

Date: 1942

: any of a large family (Eriophyidae) of minute plant-feeding wormlike mites that have two pairs of legs and include gall mites and rust mites

• eriophyid adjective

Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary.      Энциклопедический словарь английского языка Merriam Webster.