noun
scalelike plant-eating insect coated with a powdery waxy secretion; destructive especially of fruit trees
• Syn: ↑mealybug
• 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
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mealy bug noun
A hothouse pest, a coccus insect with a white powdery appearance
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Main Entry: ↑meal
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mealy bug, or meal|y|bug «MEE lee BUHG», noun.
a small, soft-bodied scale insect which covers itself with a whitish secretion. It causes considerable damage by sucking the juices of citrus trees and other plants. They comprise a family of insects.
Useful english dictionary. 2012.