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mealy bug, n.
more info scalelike plant-eating insect coated with a powdery waxy secretion; destructive especially of fruit trees
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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