CITRUS MEALYBUG

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

Feeds on a wide variety of cultivated plants but especially destructive to citrus

Synonyms:

citrus mealybug; Planococcus citri

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("citrus mealybug" is a kind of...):

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

Holonyms ("citrus mealybug" is a member of...):

genus Planococcus; Planococcus (a genus of Pseudococcidae)

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