COCCIDAE

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 Dictionary entry overview: What does Coccidae mean? 

• COCCIDAE (noun)
  The noun COCCIDAE has 1 sense:

1. scale insects

  Familiarity information: COCCIDAE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• COCCIDAE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Scale insects

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

Coccidae; family Coccidae

Hypernyms ("Coccidae" is a kind of...):

arthropod family (any of the arthropods)

Meronyms (members of "Coccidae"):

soft scale (an insect active in all stages)

genus Coccus (type genus of the Coccidae)

Holonyms ("Coccidae" is a member of...):

Coccoidea; superfamily Coccoidea (scale insects and mealybugs)