|  mealybug 
 
 scalelike plant-eating insect coated with a powdery waxy secretion;
 destructive especially of fruit trees
 • Syn:
 mealy bug
 • Hypernyms:
 coccid insect
 • Hyponyms:
 citrophilous mealybug, citrophilus mealybug, Pseudococcus fragilis, Comstock mealybug, Comstock's mealybug,
 Pseudococcus comstocki, citrus mealybug, Planococcus citri
 • Member Holonyms:
 Pseudococcidae, family Pseudococcidae
 
 
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