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COMSTOCK MEALYBUG
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Asiatic insect introduced accidentally into United States; pest on citrus and apple trees
Synonyms:
Comstock's mealybug; Comstock mealybug; Pseudococcus comstocki
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("Comstock mealybug" is a kind of...):
mealy bug; mealybug (scalelike plant-eating insect coated with a powdery waxy secretion; destructive especially of fruit trees)
Holonyms ("Comstock mealybug" is a member of...):
genus Pseudococcus; Pseudococcus (type genus of the Pseudococcidae)
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