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Coccoidea

noun

scale insects and mealybugs

• Syn: ↑superfamily Coccoidea

• Hypernyms: ↑arthropod family

• Member Holonyms: ↑Homoptera, ↑suborder Homoptera

• Member Meronyms:

↑coccid insect, ↑Coccidae, ↑family Coccidae, ↑Diaspididae, ↑family Diaspididae, ↑Dactylopiidae, ↑family Dactylopiidae, ↑Pseudococcidae, ↑family Pseudococcidae

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\\käˈkȯidēə\ noun plural

Usage: capitalized

Etymology: New Latin, from cocc- + -oidea

: a superfamily of Hemiptera including scales and mealybugs and being equivalent to Coccidae in the broadest sense

Useful english dictionary. 2012.