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COMSTOCK MEALYBUG
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Comstock mealybug mean?
• COMSTOCK MEALYBUG (noun)
The noun COMSTOCK MEALYBUG has 1 sense:
1. Asiatic insect introduced accidentally into United States; pest on citrus and apple trees
Familiarity information: COMSTOCK MEALYBUG used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Asiatic insect introduced accidentally into United States; pest on citrus and apple trees
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
Comstock's mealybug; Comstock mealybug; Pseudococcus comstocki
Hypernyms ("Comstock mealybug" is a kind of...):
mealy bug; mealybug (scalelike plant-eating insect coated with a powdery waxy secretion; destructive especially of fruit trees)
Holonyms ("Comstock mealybug" is a member of...):
genus Pseudococcus; Pseudococcus (type genus of the Pseudococcidae)
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