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COCCID INSECT
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("coccid insect" is a kind of...):
homopteran; homopterous insect (insects having membranous forewings and hind wings)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "coccid insect"):
scale insect (small homopterous insect that usually lives and feeds on plants and secretes a protective waxy covering)
mealy bug; mealybug (scalelike plant-eating insect coated with a powdery waxy secretion; destructive especially of fruit trees)
Holonyms ("coccid insect" is a member of...):
Coccoidea; superfamily Coccoidea (scale insects and mealybugs)