Although in some contexts sonso, bobo, tonto, menso, tarado, idiota, imbÃ©cil, estÃºpido and pendejo may be synonyms, in most contexts they have a different degree of intensity, with sonso having the mildest connotation, increasing in intensity in that rough order, to estÃºpido and pendejo, which have the most offensive meaning. Related terms
Meaning: Any of various small plant-sucking insects. Classified under: Nouns denoting animals. Hypernyms (aphid is a kind of...): louse; plant louse (any of several small insects especially aphids that feed by sucking the juices from plants) Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of aphid): Aphis pomi; apple aphid; green apple aphid (bright green aphid; feeds on and causes curling of apple leaves) Aphis fabae; bean aphid; blackfly (blackish aphid that infests e.g. beans and sugar beets)
The lettuce aphid is a problem worldwide and has recently become problematic in the western United States and Canada (Liu and McCreight 2006; McCreight 2008). However, the first three species of aphids listed above are most economically damaging in Florida (Nuessly and Webb 2010). Although heavy aphid pressure can stunt plants, the major problem aphids cause is head contamination, which makes lettuce unmarketable.