Definition of mealybug Mealybug
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What does mealybug mean?
WordNet
NounPlural: mealybugs |
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| mealybug - scalelike plant-eating insect coated with a powdery waxy secretion; destructive especially of fruit trees | ||
| mealy bug | ||
| coccid insect scale insects and mealybugs | ||
| family pseudococcidae, pseudococcidae scalelike insects: mealybugs | ||
| citrophilous mealybug, citrophilus mealybug, pseudococcus fragilis destructive especially to citrus | ||
| comstock's mealybug, comstock mealybug, pseudococcus comstocki Asiatic insect introduced accidentally into United States; pest on citrus and apple trees | ||
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Wiktionary 
- mealybug (Noun)
Any of various insects of the family Pseudococcidae, that secrete a powdery wax and are pests of fruit trees.
Part of speech
🔤- mealybug, noun, singular of mealybugs.
