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Noun: adelgid
  1. Any of various insects that feed and form galls on conifers
    "The hemlock woolly adelgid has devastated eastern hemlock populations"

Derived forms: adelgids

Type of: louse, plant louse

Part of: Adelgidae, family Adelgidae

Encyclopedia: Adelgid