mealy bug
scalelike plant-eating insect coated with a powdery waxy secretion; destructive especially of fruit trees • Syn: mealybug • Hypernyms: coccid insect • Hyponyms: citrophilous mealybug, citrophilus mealybug, Pseudococcus fragilis, Comstock mealybug, Comstock's mealybug, Pseudococcus comstocki, citrus mealybug, Planococcus citri • Member Holonyms: Pseudococcidae, family Pseudococcidae
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