corn-root aphid

US:USA pronunciation: respellingUSA pronunciation: respelling(kôrnro̅o̅t′, -rŏŏt′)


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corn-root a′phid  (kôrnro̅o̅t′, -rŏŏt′),USA pronunciation 
  1. Insectsan aphid, Anuraphis maidiradicis, that lives as a symbiont in colonies of cornfield ants and feeds on the roots of corn: an agricultural pest.

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