pulgón

Meaning

aphid in the family Aphididae

Concepts

aphid

greenfly

plant louse

plant lice

plant-louse

Synonyms

áfido

antcow

vaca de la hormiga

aphis

blackfly

Translations

afide

Blattlaus

puceron

pugó

pulgão

bladluis

αφίδα

pulgões

yaprak biti

yaprak bit

àfid

Dreckskerl

Lumpenhund

μελίγκρα

Hyphenated as

pul‧gón

Pronounced as (IPA)

/pulˈɡon/

Etymology

Cognate with Portuguese: pulgão

Cognate with Catalan: pugó

In summary

Inherited from Vulgar Latin *pūlicōnem, from Latin pūlicem (“flea”). Compare Portuguese pulgão, Catalan pugó.