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ALL meanings of mealybug

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  • noun mealybug any of several scalelike, homopterous insects of the families Pseudococcidae and Eriococcidae that are covered with a powdery wax secretion and feed on plants. 1
  • noun mealybug A small, sap-sucking scale insect that is coated with a white, powdery wax that resembles meal. It forms large colonies and can be a serious pest, especially in greenhouses. 1
  • noun mealybug plant-eating insect 1
  • noun mealybug plant-eating homopterous insect 0
  • noun mealybug any of a family (Pseudococcidae) of destructive homopteran insects, having a soft body protected by a white, flourlike or cottony wax secretion 0
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