mealybug (n)
mealy bug (n)

n02250822

type n
lex_filenum 05
def scalelike plant-eating insect coated with a powdery waxy secretion
def destructive especially of fruit trees
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Hypernym coccid insect
Member holonym Pseudococcidae, family Pseudococcidae
Hyponym citrophilous mealybug, citrophilus mealybug, Pseudococcus fragilis; Comstock mealybug, Comstock's mealybug, Pseudococcus comstocki; citrus mealybug, Planococcus citri
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Hyponym coccid insect
Member meronym Pseudococcidae, family Pseudococcidae
Hypernym citrophilous mealybug, citrophilus mealybug, Pseudococcus fragilis; Comstock mealybug, Comstock's mealybug, Pseudococcus comstocki; citrus mealybug, Planococcus citri

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