WHITEFLY

whitefly

(noun) minute insect that feeds on plant juices; related to scale insects

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

whitefly (plural whiteflies)

Any of various small insects of the family Aleyrodidae that have long wings, and a white body; often a garden pest

Source: Wiktionary



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Word of the Day

4 April 2025

GUILLOTINE

(verb) kill by cutting the head off with a guillotine; “The French guillotined many Vietnamese while they occupied the country”


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Coffee Trivia

According to Guinness World Records, on 25 September 2016, the Birla Institute of Management Technology (India) in Uttar Pradesh, India, constructed the largest coffee cups pyramid consisting of 23,821 cups. They used paper takeaway coffee cups to build the pyramid.

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