APHIS


Meaning of APHIS in English

/ay"fis, af"is/ , n. , pl. aphides /ay"fi deez', af"i-/ .

an aphid, esp. of the genus Aphis.

[ 1765-75; áphis, with the L gloss cimex bedbug; perh. orig. a misreading of Gk kóris bug ]

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary.      Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House .