Word
mealybug, n.
(mealybugs)
scalelike plant-eating insect coated with a powdery waxy secretion; destructive especially of fruit trees
<noun.animal>
mealy bug
mealybug
semantic pointers
hypernym
coccid insect
member holonym
Pseudococcidae, family Pseudococcidae
hyponym
citrophilous mealybug, citrophilus mealybug, Pseudococcus fragilis
Comstock mealybug, Comstock's mealybug, Pseudococcus comstocki
citrus mealybug, Planococcus citri