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FAMILY COCCIDAE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does family Coccidae mean?
• FAMILY COCCIDAE (noun)
The noun FAMILY COCCIDAE has 1 sense:
1. scale insects
Familiarity information: FAMILY COCCIDAE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Scale insects
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
Coccidae; family Coccidae
Hypernyms ("family Coccidae" is a kind of...):
arthropod family (any of the arthropods)
Meronyms (members of "family Coccidae"):
soft scale (an insect active in all stages)
genus Coccus (type genus of the Coccidae)
Holonyms ("family Coccidae" is a member of...):
Coccoidea; superfamily Coccoidea (scale insects and mealybugs)
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