family pseudococcidae

English Thesaurus

1. scalelike insects: mealybugs (noun.animal)

hypernym	:	arthropod family,
definition	:	any of the arthropods (noun.animal)

member holonym	:	genus pseudococcus, pseudococcus,
definition	:	type genus of the Pseudococcidae (noun.animal)

member holonym	:	mealy bug, mealybug,
definition	:	scalelike plant-eating insect coated with a powdery waxy secretion; destructive especially of fruit trees (noun.animal)

member holonym	:	genus planococcus, planococcus,
definition	:	a genus of Pseudococcidae (noun.animal)

member meronym	:	coccoidea, superfamily coccoidea,
definition	:	scale insects and mealybugs (noun.animal)