HyperDic: mealybug

English > 1 sense of the word mealybug:
NOUNanimalmealybug, mealy bugscalelike plant-eating insect coated with a powdery waxy secretion
English > mealybug: 1 sense > noun 1, animal
Meaningscalelike plant-eating insect coated with a powdery waxy secretion; destructive especially of fruit trees.
Synonymmealy bug
Member ofPseudococcidae, family Pseudococcidaescalelike insects
NarrowerComstock mealybug, Comstock's mealybug, Pseudococcus comstockiAsiatic insect introduced accidentally into United States
citrophilous mealybug, citrophilus mealybug, Pseudococcus fragilisdestructive especially to citrus
citrus mealybug, Planococcus citrifeeds on a wide variety of cultivated plants but especially destructive to citrus
Broadercoccid insectscale insects and mealybugs

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