noun
type genus of the Pseudococcidae
• Syn: ↑genus Pseudococcus
• Hypernyms: ↑arthropod genus
• Member Holonyms: ↑Pseudococcidae, ↑family Pseudococcidae
• Member Meronyms: ↑citrophilous mealybug, ↑citrophilus mealybug, ↑Pseudococcus fragilis, ↑Comstock mealybug, ↑Comstock's mealybug, ↑Pseudococcus comstocki
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\\“+\ nounUsage: capitalized
: a genus (type of the family Pseudococcidae) of mealybugs including several that are economically important — see citrophilus mealybug, citrus mealybug, comstock mealybug
Useful english dictionary. 2012.