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    PLANOCOCCUS

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     I. (noun) 

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    Meaning:

    A genus of Pseudococcidaeplay

    Synonyms:

    genus Planococcus; Planococcus

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting animals

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

    arthropod genus (a genus of arthropods)

    Meronyms (members of "Planococcus"):

    citrus mealybug; Planococcus citri (feeds on a wide variety of cultivated plants but especially destructive to citrus)

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

    family Pseudococcidae; Pseudococcidae (scalelike insects: mealybugs)

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