English noun: mealy bug | |||
1. | mealy bug (animal) scalelike plant-eating insect coated with a powdery waxy secretion; destructive especially of fruit trees | ||
Synonyms | mealybug | ||
Broader (hypernym) | coccid insect | ||
Narrower (hyponym) | citrophilous mealybug, citrophilus mealybug, citrus mealybug, Comstock mealybug, Comstock's mealybug, Planococcus citri, Pseudococcus comstocki, Pseudococcus fragilis | ||
Member meronym | family Pseudococcidae, Pseudococcidae | ||