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COCCOIDEA

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

Scale insects and mealybugs

Synonyms:

Coccoidea; superfamily Coccoidea

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

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

arthropod family (any of the arthropods)

Meronyms (members of "Coccoidea"):

coccid insect (scale insects and mealybugs)

Coccidae; family Coccidae (scale insects)

Diaspididae; family Diaspididae (armored scales)

Dactylopiidae; family Dactylopiidae (cochineal insects)

family Pseudococcidae; Pseudococcidae (scalelike insects: mealybugs)

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

Homoptera; suborder Homoptera (plant lice (aphids); whiteflies; cicadas; leafhoppers; plant hoppers; scale insects and mealybugs; spittle insects)

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