Associations to the word «Adelges»

Wiktionary

ADELGES, proper noun. A taxonomic genus within the family Adelgidae   — the adelgids, some parasitic of trees.

Dictionary definition

ADELGES, noun. Type genus of the Adelgidae: plant lice.

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats