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FAMILY DIASPIDIDAE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does family Diaspididae mean?
• FAMILY DIASPIDIDAE (noun)
The noun FAMILY DIASPIDIDAE has 1 sense:
1. armored scales
Familiarity information: FAMILY DIASPIDIDAE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Armored scales
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
Diaspididae; family Diaspididae
Hypernyms ("family Diaspididae" is a kind of...):
arthropod family (any of the arthropods)
Meronyms (members of "family Diaspididae"):
armored scale (insect having a firm covering of wax especially in the female)
Aspidiotus; genus Aspidiotus (a genus of Diaspididae)
Holonyms ("family Diaspididae" is a member of...):
Coccoidea; superfamily Coccoidea (scale insects and mealybugs)
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