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# greenfly

«greenfly» in Mova's school dictionary: **a tiny green insect, a kind of aphid, that sucks sap from…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 1 sentence of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

noun (a greenfly, greenfly or greenflies)

### meaning for a pupil

A greenfly is a tiny green insect, a kind of aphid, that sucks sap from plants and can damage them. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/greenfly/#m1)

### sense in the lessons

In gardens and science lessons greenfly are pests that cluster on rose buds and new shoots; ladybirds and their larvae eat lots of them, so ladybirds help gardeners. Greenfly make a sticky liquid called honeydew that ants like. Phrases: «covered in greenfly», «a plague of greenfly», «get rid of greenfly».

### examples

- The roses are covered in greenfly. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/greenfly/#x1)
- Ladybirds eat greenfly. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/greenfly/#x2)
- Greenfly suck the sap from plants. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/greenfly/#x3)
- We sprayed the plants with soapy water to get rid of the greenfly. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/greenfly/#x4)
- A single ladybird can eat dozens of greenfly a day. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/greenfly/#x5)
- Ants were collecting honeydew from the greenfly. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/greenfly/#x6)
- Greenfly cluster on the new shoots. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/greenfly/#x7)
- The greenfly made the leaves curl up. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/greenfly/#x8)

### note

Mostly British, Irish, Australian and NZ English; Americans usually say «aphid». Plural is often «greenfly» (same as singular) or «greenflies». Despite the name, a greenfly is not a true fly. In food chains: plant → greenfly → ladybird → bird.

### In the corpora

- [Ladybirds eat greenfly and help gardens.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/68-chickens-goats-and-little-creatures/18/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «greenfly» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/greenfly/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.