Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

woolly adelgid

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.31 in modern English

Syllables: wool-ly adel-gid
IPA

22

Scrabble Score

13

Letters

3

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Any of various insects of either species Adelges piceae or Adelges tsugae.

Example Sentences

"In some parts of the Northeast, woolly adelgid and aphids are serious pests."
"Negatively, insects unnatural to our gardens, such as the woolly adelgid, may arrive from exotic shores and devastate our hemlocks because there are no native, natural enemies that have coevolved to attack them here."
"North America's once abundant Canadian hemlock (Tsuga canadensis) may soon become a relic and then a ghost, owing to the invasion of the woolly adelgid (Adelges tsuga annand)."

Inflected Forms

woolly adelgids (plural)

Phrases

hemlock woolly adelgid balsam woolly adelgid

Questions

What does woolly adelgid mean?: Any of various insects of either species Adelges piceae or Adelges tsugae.

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