FAMILY PSEUDOCOCCIDAE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does family Pseudococcidae mean? 

• FAMILY PSEUDOCOCCIDAE (noun)
  The noun FAMILY PSEUDOCOCCIDAE has 1 sense:

1. scalelike insects: mealybugs

  Familiarity information: FAMILY PSEUDOCOCCIDAE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• FAMILY PSEUDOCOCCIDAE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Scalelike insects: mealybugs

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

family Pseudococcidae; Pseudococcidae

Hypernyms ("family Pseudococcidae" is a kind of...):

arthropod family (any of the arthropods)

Meronyms (members of "family Pseudococcidae"):

genus Pseudococcus; Pseudococcus (type genus of the Pseudococcidae)

mealy bug; mealybug (scalelike plant-eating insect coated with a powdery waxy secretion; destructive especially of fruit trees)

genus Planococcus; Planococcus (a genus of Pseudococcidae)

Holonyms ("family Pseudococcidae" is a member of...):

Coccoidea; superfamily Coccoidea (scale insects and mealybugs)