Aphis
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Aphis
[′ā·fəs] (invertebrate zoology)
A genus of aphid, the type genus of the family Aphididae.
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In Switzerland the slaves and masters work together, making and bringing materials for the nest: both, but chiefly the slaves, tend, and milk as it may be called, their
aphides; and thus both collect food for the community.
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