aphis
/ˈeɪfɪs/noun
(pl. aphides /-diːz/)
- an aphid, especially one of the genus Aphis (which includes the common greenfly and blackfly)蚜虫（尤指蚜属昆虫的一种, 包括常见的桃蚜和墨蚊）。
词源
late 18th cent.: modern Latin， from Greek， perhaps a misreading of koris 'bug' （interpreting the characters κορ 'kor'as αφ 'aph'）.