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    COMSTOCK'S MEALYBUG

    Pronunciation (US): Play  (GB): Play

     I. (noun) 

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    Meaning:

    Asiatic insect introduced accidentally into United States; pest on citrus and apple treesplay

    Synonyms:

    Comstock's mealybug; Comstock mealybug; Pseudococcus comstocki

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting animals

    Hypernyms ("Comstock's mealybug" is a kind of...):

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

    Holonyms ("Comstock's mealybug" is a member of...):

    genus Pseudococcus; Pseudococcus (type genus of the Pseudococcidae)

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