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PSEUDOCOCCIDAE

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

Scalelike insects: mealybugs

Synonyms:

family Pseudococcidae; Pseudococcidae

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

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

arthropod family (any of the arthropods)

Meronyms (members of "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 ("Pseudococcidae" is a member of...):

Coccoidea; superfamily Coccoidea (scale insects and mealybugs)

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