"whitefly" meaning in English

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Noun

Audio: en-us-whitefly.ogg [US] Forms: whiteflies [plural]
Etymology: white + fly Etymology templates: {{compound|en|white|fly}} white + fly Head templates: {{en-noun}} whitefly (plural whiteflies)
  1. Any of various small insects of the family Aleyrodidae that have long wings, and a white body; often a garden pest Wikipedia link: whitefly Categories (lifeform): Hemipterans Derived forms: Japanese bayberry whitefly Translations (Any of various Aleyrodidae): mellus [common-gender] (Danish), jauhiainen (Finnish), mouche blanche [feminine] (French), Mottenschildlaus [feminine] (German), iichʼąhii biyázhí (Navajo), mellus [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), mączlik [masculine] (Polish), белокры́лка (belokrýlka) [feminine] (Russian), mjöllus [common-gender] (Swedish), білокри́лка (bilokrýlka) [feminine] (Ukrainian)

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