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CITROPHILOUS MEALYBUG
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Dictionary entry overview: What does citrophilous mealybug mean?
• CITROPHILOUS MEALYBUG (noun)
The noun CITROPHILOUS MEALYBUG has 1 sense:
1. destructive especially to citrus
Familiarity information: CITROPHILOUS MEALYBUG used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
• CITROPHILOUS MEALYBUG (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Destructive especially to citrus
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
citrophilous mealybug; citrophilus mealybug; Pseudococcus fragilis
Hypernyms ("citrophilous mealybug" is a kind of...):
mealy bug; mealybug (scalelike plant-eating insect coated with a powdery waxy secretion; destructive especially of fruit trees)
Holonyms ("citrophilous mealybug" is a member of...):
genus Pseudococcus; Pseudococcus (type genus of the Pseudococcidae)
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