Definition of Aphelinus
:a genus of hymenopterous flies that is the type of the family Aphelinidae and that includes a species (A. mali) important in the biological control of the woolly apple aphid
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Aphelinus
noun
Aph·e·li·nus
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ˌafəˈlīnəs
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-ēn-
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Origin and Etymology of aphelinus
New Latin, from Greek aphelēs smooth (from a- 2a- + -phelēs, from phelleus stony ground) + Latin -inus -ine; probably akin to Latin follis bellows
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