WHITEFLY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does whitefly mean? 

• WHITEFLY (noun)
  The noun WHITEFLY has 1 sense:

1. minute insect that feeds on plant juices; related to scale insects

  Familiarity information: WHITEFLY used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• WHITEFLY (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Minute insect that feeds on plant juices; related to scale insects

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("whitefly" is a kind of...):

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

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

citrus whitefly; Dialeurodes citri (whitefly that attacks citrus trees)

greenhouse whitefly; Trialeurodes vaporariorum (whitefly that inhabits greenhouses)

sweet-potato whitefly (a variety of whitefly)

Holonyms ("whitefly" is a member of...):

Aleyrodidae; family Aleyrodidae (whiteflies)