PSEUDOCOCCUS FRAGILIS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Pseudococcus fragilis mean? 

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

1. destructive especially to citrus

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• PSEUDOCOCCUS FRAGILIS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Destructive especially to citrus

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

citrophilous mealybug; citrophilus mealybug; Pseudococcus fragilis

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

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

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

genus Pseudococcus; Pseudococcus (type genus of the Pseudococcidae)