CITROPHILOUS MEALYBUG

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

Destructive especially to citrus

Synonyms:

citrophilous mealybug; citrophilus mealybug; Pseudococcus fragilis

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("citrophilous mealybug" is a kind of...):

mealy bug; mealybug (scalelike plant-eating insect coated with a powdery waxy secretion; destructive especially of fruit trees)

Holonyms ("citrophilous mealybug" is a member of...):

genus Pseudococcus; Pseudococcus (type genus of the Pseudococcidae)

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