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noun
Scalelike plant-eating insect coated with a powdery waxy secretion; destructive especially of fruit trees.
synonym: mealybug.
is a specific kind of: coccid insect.
is a broader term that covers: citrophilous mealybug, citrophilus mealybug, Pseudococcus fragilis | Comstock's mealybug, Comstock mealybug, Pseudococcus comstocki | citrus mealybug, Planococcus citri.
is a member of: family Pseudococcidae, Pseudococcidae.
Find more on mealy bug elsewhere: etymology - rhymes - Wikipedia.
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