noun
scalelike plant-eating insect coated with a powdery waxy secretion; destructive especially of fruit trees
• Syn: ↑mealy bug
• 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
Useful english dictionary. 2012.