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WHITEFLY

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Minute insect that feeds on plant juices; related to scale insects

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

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

homopteran; homopterous insect (insects having membranous forewings and hind wings)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "whitefly"):

citrus whitefly; Dialeurodes citri (whitefly that attacks citrus trees)

greenhouse whitefly; Trialeurodes vaporariorum (whitefly that inhabits greenhouses)

sweet-potato whitefly (a variety of whitefly)

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

Aleyrodidae; family Aleyrodidae (whiteflies)

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