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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
aphis /ˈeɪfɪs/

▶noun (pl. aphides /-diːz/) an aphid.

– origin C18: mod. L., from Gk, perh. a misreading of koris ‘bug’ (interpreting the characters κορ ‘kor’ as αφ ‘aph’).

'aphis' also found in these Oxford entries:

aphid - blackfly

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