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FAMILY PSEUDOCOCCIDAE
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I. (noun)
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Meaning:
Synonyms:
family Pseudococcidae; Pseudococcidae
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("family Pseudococcidae" is a kind of...):
arthropod family (any of the arthropods)
Meronyms (members of "family Pseudococcidae"):
genus Pseudococcus; Pseudococcus (type genus of the Pseudococcidae)
mealy bug; mealybug (scalelike plant-eating insect coated with a powdery waxy secretion; destructive especially of fruit trees)
genus Planococcus; Planococcus (a genus of Pseudococcidae)
Holonyms ("family Pseudococcidae" is a member of...):
Coccoidea; superfamily Coccoidea (scale insects and mealybugs)