noun
plant lice
• Syn: ↑superfamily Aphidoidea
• Hypernyms: ↑arthropod family
• Member Holonyms: ↑Homoptera, ↑suborder Homoptera
• Member Meronyms:
↑aphid, ↑Aphididae, ↑family Aphididae, ↑Adelgidae, ↑family Adelgidae, ↑Phylloxeridae, ↑family Phylloxeridae
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\\ˌāfəˈdȯidēə also ˌaf-\ noun pluralUsage: capitalized
: a superfamily of Homoptera comprising the aphids and now usually divided into a number of families (as Aphididae, Eriosomatidae, and Phylloxeridae)
Useful english dictionary. 2012.