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Comstock mealybug

noun

Asiatic insect introduced accidentally into United States; pest on citrus and apple trees

• Syn: ↑Comstock's mealybug, ↑Pseudococcus comstocki

• Hypernyms: ↑mealybug, ↑mealy bug

• Member Holonyms: ↑Pseudococcus, ↑genus Pseudococcus

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noun or comstock's mealybug

Usage: usually capitalized C

Etymology: after John H. Comstock died 1931 American entomologist

: an Asiatic mealybug (Pseudococcus comstocki) introduced accidentally into No. America where it is a pest of various cultivated trees (as citrus and apples)

Useful english dictionary. 2012.