mealy bug
noun
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
scalelike plant-eating insect coated with a powdery waxy secretion; destructive especially of fruit trees
Types & categories
- coccid insect hypernym
- citrophilous mealybug hyponym
- Comstock mealybug hyponym
- citrus mealybug hyponym
Parts & wholes
- Pseudococcidae member holonym
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| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
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| 1 | member holonym | Parts & wholes | Pseudococcidae |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | coccid insect |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | citrophilous mealybug |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | Comstock mealybug |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | citrus mealybug |