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corn′-root a′phid
(kôrn′ro̅o̅t′, -rŏŏt′),USA pronunciation
- 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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