aphides, aphides

pl. The plural of APHIS (q.v.). Shuckard and Swains on made Aphides the third tribe of the order Hemipter a. in the Aphides the male insects are unequivocal and numerous." Owen : Invertebr. Animals , a-phid-i-ạn, a. & 8. [Mod. Lat. aphis , gen it. aphid is a plant-louse.] 1. As adjective : Pertaining or relating to an aphis, or plant-louse. 2. As substantive: An insect of the tribe Aphidii, the family Aphide, or the genus Aphis.