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COCCIDAE

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

Scale insects

Synonyms:

Coccidae; family Coccidae

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("Coccidae" is a kind of...):

arthropod family (any of the arthropods)

Meronyms (members of "Coccidae"):

soft scale (an insect active in all stages)

genus Coccus (type genus of the Coccidae)

Holonyms ("Coccidae" is a member of...):

Coccoidea; superfamily Coccoidea (scale insects and mealybugs)

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