aspidiotus

English Thesaurus

1. a genus of Diaspididae (noun.animal)

hypernym	:	arthropod genus,
definition	:	a genus of arthropods (noun.animal)

member holonym	:	aspidiotus perniciosus, san jose scale,
definition	:	small east Asian insect naturalized in the United States that damages fruit trees (noun.animal)

member meronym	:	diaspididae, family diaspididae,
definition	:	armored scales (noun.animal)