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COMSTOCK MEALYBUG

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Comstock mealybug mean? 

COMSTOCK MEALYBUG (noun)
  The noun COMSTOCK MEALYBUG has 1 sense:

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

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


 Dictionary entry details 


COMSTOCK 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 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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