PSEUDOCOCCUS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Pseudococcus mean? 

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

1. type genus of the Pseudococcidae

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• PSEUDOCOCCUS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Type genus of the Pseudococcidae

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

genus Pseudococcus; Pseudococcus

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

arthropod genus (a genus of arthropods)

Meronyms (members of "Pseudococcus"):

citrophilous mealybug; citrophilus mealybug; Pseudococcus fragilis (destructive especially to citrus)

Comstock's mealybug; Comstock mealybug; Pseudococcus comstocki (Asiatic insect introduced accidentally into United States; pest on citrus and apple trees)

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

family Pseudococcidae; Pseudococcidae (scalelike insects: mealybugs)