COMSTOCK'S MEALYBUG

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Comstock's mealybug mean? 

• COMSTOCK'S MEALYBUG (noun)
  The noun COMSTOCK'S MEALYBUG has 1 sense:

1. Asiatic insect introduced accidentally into United States; pest on citrus and apple trees

  Familiarity information: COMSTOCK'S MEALYBUG used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• COMSTOCK'S MEALYBUG (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Asiatic insect introduced accidentally into United States; pest on citrus and apple trees

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

Comstock's mealybug; Comstock mealybug; Pseudococcus comstocki

Hypernyms ("Comstock's 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's mealybug" is a member of...):

genus Pseudococcus; Pseudococcus (type genus of the Pseudococcidae)