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WOOLLY ADELGID

Dictionary entry overview: What does woolly adelgid mean?

• WOOLLY ADELGID (noun)
The noun WOOLLY ADELGID has 1 sense:

1. an insect that feeds on hemlocks; its egg sacs are small fuzzy white balls like artificial snow on a Christmas tree

Familiarity information: WOOLLY ADELGID used as a noun is very rare.

Dictionary entry details

• WOOLLY ADELGID (noun)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

An insect that feeds on hemlocks; its egg sacs are small fuzzy white balls like artificial snow on a Christmas tree

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("woolly adelgid" is a kind of...):

adelgid (any of various insects that feed and form galls on conifers)

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