Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Same as
Schizoneura . - noun A genus of cerambycid beetles: synonymous with Xylocharis.
- noun A genus of flies, of the family Muscidæ.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun a genus of plant lice of the family
Aphididae , consisting of one type of the wooly aphids.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun woolly aphids
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The bug, or plant louse, which in the shape of a hoary covering destroys the apple tree, is generally an aphis or an eriosoma; see Wilson's Rural Cyclopædia, a full account; also, papers on the "Insects destructive to Trees," in Patent Office Report on Agriculture.
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