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Pseudococcus

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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\\“+\ noun

Usage: capitalized

Etymology: New Latin, from pseud- + Coccus

: 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.