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GENUS PLANOCOCCUS
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Dictionary entry overview: What does genus Planococcus mean?
• GENUS PLANOCOCCUS (noun)
The noun GENUS PLANOCOCCUS has 1 sense:
1. a genus of Pseudococcidae
Familiarity information: GENUS PLANOCOCCUS used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A genus of Pseudococcidae
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
genus Planococcus; Planococcus
Hypernyms ("genus Planococcus" is a kind of...):
arthropod genus (a genus of arthropods)
Meronyms (members of "genus Planococcus"):
citrus mealybug; Planococcus citri (feeds on a wide variety of cultivated plants but especially destructive to citrus)
Holonyms ("genus Planococcus" is a member of...):
family Pseudococcidae; Pseudococcidae (scalelike insects: mealybugs)
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