SPOTTED ALFALFA APHID

Meaning of SPOTTED ALFALFA APHID in English

a pale yellowish aphid, Therioaphis maculata, of the southern U.S., esp. west of the Mississippi River, that is marked with black spots and has fine spines on its back: a pest mainly of alfalfa and some other legumes, as clover.

[ 1955-60 ]

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary. Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House . 2012

SPOTTED ALFALFA APHID — noun Date: 1958 a highly destructive Old World aphid ( Therioaphis maculata ) that is established in the United States …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
SPOTTED ALFALFA APHID — noun : a highly destructive Old World aphid ( Therioaphis maculata ) established in warmer areas of the United States …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
SPOTTED ALFALFA APHID — Date: 1958 : a highly destructive Old World aphid ( Therioaphis maculata ) that is established in the United States …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
SPOTTED ALFALFA APHID — Function: noun Date: 1958 : a highly destructive Old World aphid ( Therioaphis maculata ) that is established in the …
Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary
SPOTTED ALFALFA APHID — [spotted alfalfa aphid] n (1958): a highly destructive Old World aphid (Therioaphis maculata) that is established in the U.S. in …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
SPOTTED — adjective Date: 13th century marked with spots, being sullied ; tarnished, characterized by the appearance of spots
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
APHID — noun Date: 1861 any of numerous very small soft-bodied homopterous insects (superfamily Aphidoidea) that suck the juices of plants
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
ALFALFA — noun Etymology: Spanish, modification of Arabic dialect al-faṣfaṣa the ~ Date: 1845 a deep-rooted leguminous perennial plant ( Medicago sativa …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
APHID — Any of several species of sapsucking, soft-bodied insects (order Homoptera) that are about the size of a pinhead, with tubelike …
Английский словарь Британика
ALFALFA — Perennial, clover -like legume ( Medicago sativa ). It is widely grown primarily for hay, pasturage, and silage. It is …
Английский словарь Британика
SPOTTED — ˈspäd.ə̇d, -ätə̇d adjective Etymology: Middle English, from spot (I) + -ed 1. : marked with spots the spotted coat of …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
APHID — ˈāfə̇d also ˈaf- noun ( -s ) Etymology: New Latin Aphid-, Aphis : any of numerous small sluggish homopterous insects …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
ALFALFA — alˈfalfə, attrib (ˈ) ̷ ̷| ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ noun ( -s ) Etymology: Spanish, modification of Arabic dialect (Spain) al-faṣfaṣah the alfalfa, alteration of al-fiṣfiṣah …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
SPOTTED — (a.) Marked with spots; as, a spotted garment or character.
Английский словарь Webster
SPOTTED — (imp. & p. p.) of Spot
Английский словарь Webster
APHID — (n.) One of the genus Aphis; an aphidian.
Английский словарь Webster
ALFALFA — (n.) The lucern (Medicago sativa); -- so called in California, Texas, etc.
Английский словарь Webster
SPOTTED — ( imp. & p. p. ) of Spot
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
SPOTTED — ( a. ) Marked with spots; as, a spotted garment or character.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
APHID — ( n. ) One of the genus Aphis; an aphidian.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
ALFALFA — ( n. ) The lucern (Medicago sativa); -- so called in California, Texas, etc.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
SPOTTED — — spottedly , adv. — spottedness , n. /spot"id/ , adj. 1. marked with or characterized by a spot or …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
APHID — — aphidian /euh fid"ee euhn/ , adj. , n. — aphidious , adj. /ay"fid, af"id/ , n. any of numerous …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
ALFALFA — /al fal"feuh/ , n. a plant, Medicago sativa, of the legume family, usually having bluish-purple flowers, originating in the Near …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
SPOTTED — adj. covered with spots, dotted, speckled, stained, blemished
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
APHID — n. insect which sucks sap from plants
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
ALFALFA — n. leguminous plant grown to feed livestock, lucern
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
SPOTTED — Date: 13th century 1. : marked with spots 2. : being sullied : tarnished 3. : characterized by the appearance …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
APHID — ˈa-fəd noun Date: 1861 : any of numerous very small soft-bodied homopterous insects (superfamily Aphidoidea) that suck the juices of …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
ALFALFA — noun Etymology: Spanish, modification of Arabic dialect al-faṣfaṣa the alfalfa Date: 1845 : a deep-rooted leguminous perennial plant ( Medicago …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
SPOTTED — impf & ·p.p. of spot. 2. spotted ·adj marked with spots; as, a spotted garment or character.
Webster English vocab
APHID — noun one of the genus aphis; an aphidian.
Webster English vocab
ALFALFA — noun the lucern (medicago sativa); so called in california, texas, ·etc.
Webster English vocab
APHID — [ 'eɪfɪd ] ■ noun a small bug which feeds by sucking sap from plants, especially a blackfly or greenfly. …
Concise Oxford English vocab
ALFALFA — [ al'falfə ] ■ noun a leguminous plant with clover-like leaves and bluish flowers, native to SW Asia and grown …
Concise Oxford English vocab
SPOTTED — [spot.ted] adj (13c) 1: marked with spots 2: being sullied: tarnished 3: characterized by the appearance of spots
Merriam-Webster English vocab
APHID — [aphid] n (1884): any of numerous very small sluggish homopterous insects (superfamily Aphidoidea) that suck the juices of plants
Merriam-Webster English vocab
ALFALFA — [al.fal.fa] n [Sp, modif. of Ar dial. al-fasfasah the alfalfa] (1845): a deep-rooted European leguminous plant (Medicago sativa) widely grown …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
APHID — also called Plant Louse, Greenfly, or Ant Cow, any of several species of sap-sucking, soft-bodied insects (order Homoptera) about the …
Britannica English vocabulary
ALFALFA — also called lucerne, or purple medic (Medicago sativa) perennial, clover-like, leguminous plant of the pea family (Fabaceae), known for its …
Britannica English vocabulary
APHID — aphid BrE AmE ˈeɪf ɪd ˈæf-, § \ -əd ▷ aphid|s z
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
ALFALFA — alfalfa BrE AmE æl ˈfælf ə
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
SPOTTED — / ˈspɒtɪd; NAmE ˈspɑːt-/ adjective 1. ( of cloth, etc. ) having a regular pattern of round dots on it …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
APHID — / ˈeɪfɪd; NAmE / noun a very small insect that is harmful to plants. There are several types of aphid, …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
ALFALFA — / ælˈfælfə; NAmE / noun [ U ] a plant with small divided leaves and purple flowers, grown as food …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
SPOTTED — spot ‧ ted /ˈspɒtəd, ˈspɒtɪd $ ˈspɑː-/ BrE AmE adjective [usually before noun] [ Word Family: adjective : ↑ spotted …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
APHID — a ‧ phid /ˈeɪfəd, ˈeɪfɪd, ˈæfəd/ BrE AmE noun [countable] [ Date: 1800-1900 ; Language: Modern Latin ; Origin: aphis …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
ALFALFA — al ‧ fal ‧ fa /ælˈfælfə/ BrE AmE noun [uncountable] [ Date: 1800-1900 ; Language: Spanish ; Origin: Arabic al-fasfasah …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
SPOTTED
Английский основной разговорный словарь
APHID — n. any small homopterous insect which feeds by sucking sap from leaves, stems, or roots of plants; a plant-louse. [back-form. …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
ALFALFA — n. a leguminous plant, Medicago sativa, with clover-like leaves and flowers used for fodder. Also called LUCERNE. [Sp. f. Arab. …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
SPOTTED
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
APHID — n. any small homopterous insect which feeds by sucking sap from leaves, stems, or roots of plants; a plant-louse. [ …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
ALFALFA — n. a leguminous plant, Medicago sativa, with clover-like leaves and flowers used for fodder. Also called LUCERNE. [ Sp. f. …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
SPOTTED
Oxford English vocab
APHID — n. any small homopterous insect which feeds by sucking sap from leaves, stems, or roots of plants; a plant-louse. Etymology: …
Oxford English vocab
ALFALFA — n. a leguminous plant, Medicago sativa, with clover-like leaves and flowers used for fodder. Also called LUCERNE. Etymology: Sp. f. …
Oxford English vocab
SPOTTED — 1. Something that is spotted has a pattern of spots on it. ...hand-painted spotted cups and saucers in green and …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
APHID — ( aphids) Aphids are very small insects which live on plants and suck their juices. N-COUNT : usu pl
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
ALFALFA — Alfalfa is a plant that is used for feeding farm animals. The shoots that develop from its seeds are sometimes …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
SPOTTED — 1. Something that is ~ has a pattern of spots on it. ...hand-painted ~ cups and saucers in green and …
Collins COBUILD - Толковый словарь английского языка для изучающих язык
APHID — (~s) Aphids are very small insects which live on plants and suck their juices. N-COUNT: usu pl
Collins COBUILD - Толковый словарь английского языка для изучающих язык
ALFALFA — Alfalfa is a plant that is used for feeding farm animals. The shoots that develop from its seeds are sometimes …
Collins COBUILD - Толковый словарь английского языка для изучающих язык
SPOTTED
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