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mealy bug
mealy bug or mealybugn (Animals) any plant-eating homopterous insect of the genus Pseudococcus and related genera, coated with a powdery waxy secretion: some species are pests of citrus fruits and greenhouse plants: family PseudococcidaeThesaurus| Noun | 1. |  mealy bug - scalelike plant-eating insect coated with a powdery waxy secretion; destructive especially of fruit treesmealybugcoccid insect - scale insects and mealybugsfamily Pseudococcidae, Pseudococcidae - scalelike insects: mealybugscitrophilous mealybug, citrophilus mealybug, Pseudococcus fragilis - destructive especially to citrusComstock mealybug, Comstock's mealybug, Pseudococcus comstocki - Asiatic insect introduced accidentally into United States; pest on citrus and apple treescitrus mealybug, Planococcus citri - feeds on a wide variety of cultivated plants but especially destructive to citrus |
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Synonyms for mealy bugnoun scalelike plant-eating insect coated with a powdery waxy secretionSynonymsRelated Words- coccid insect
- family Pseudococcidae
- Pseudococcidae
- citrophilous mealybug
- citrophilus mealybug
- Pseudococcus fragilis
- Comstock mealybug
- Comstock's mealybug
- Pseudococcus comstocki
- citrus mealybug
- Planococcus citri
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