Aphidoidea

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 plural

Usage: capitalized

Etymology: New Latin, from Aphid-, Aphis + -oidea

: a superfamily of Homoptera comprising the aphids and now usually divided into a number of families (as Aphididae, Eriosomatidae, and Phylloxeridae)