COCCID INSECT

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does coccid insect mean? 

• COCCID INSECT (noun)
  The noun COCCID INSECT has 1 sense:

1. scale insects and mealybugs

  Familiarity information: COCCID INSECT used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• COCCID INSECT (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Scale insects and mealybugs

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("coccid insect" is a kind of...):

homopteran; homopterous insect (insects having membranous forewings and hind wings)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "coccid insect"):

scale insect (small homopterous insect that usually lives and feeds on plants and secretes a protective waxy covering)

mealy bug; mealybug (scalelike plant-eating insect coated with a powdery waxy secretion; destructive especially of fruit trees)

Holonyms ("coccid insect" is a member of...):

Coccoidea; superfamily Coccoidea (scale insects and mealybugs)