GENUS ASPIDIOTUS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does genus Aspidiotus mean? 

• GENUS ASPIDIOTUS (noun)
  The noun GENUS ASPIDIOTUS has 1 sense:

1. a genus of Diaspididae

  Familiarity information: GENUS ASPIDIOTUS used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• GENUS ASPIDIOTUS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A genus of Diaspididae

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

Aspidiotus; genus Aspidiotus

Hypernyms ("genus Aspidiotus" is a kind of...):

arthropod genus (a genus of arthropods)

Meronyms (members of "genus Aspidiotus"):

Aspidiotus perniciosus; San Jose scale (small east Asian insect naturalized in the United States that damages fruit trees)

Holonyms ("genus Aspidiotus" is a member of...):

Diaspididae; family Diaspididae (armored scales)