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Coccidae

noun

scale insects

• Syn: ↑family Coccidae

• Hypernyms: ↑arthropod family

• Member Holonyms: ↑Coccoidea, ↑superfamily Coccoidea

• Member Meronyms: ↑soft scale, ↑genus Coccus

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\\ˈkäksəˌdē\ noun plural

Usage: capitalized

Etymology: New Latin, from Coccus, type genus + -idae

: an important family of homopterous insects mostly of small size, sometimes including all the scales, mealybugs, and related forms but now often restricted to the soft and tortoise scales

Useful english dictionary. 2012.