Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun Any of various soft-bodied scale insects covered with a white powdery substance, especially of the family Pseudococcidae, some of which are destructive to ornamental and agricultural plants.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Zoöl.) Any of several homopteran scale insects (as,
Coccus adonidum , and related species of the familiesPseudococcidae andEriococcidae ), that cover themselves with a white powderlike or cottony wax secretion. They are common plant-eating pests in hothouses and are also destructive of fruit trees.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun Any of various
insects of the family Pseudococcidae, that secrete a powdery wax and are pests of fruit trees.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun scalelike plant-eating insect coated with a powdery waxy secretion; destructive especially of fruit trees
- noun scalelike plant-eating insect coated with a powdery waxy secretion; destructive especially of fruit trees
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Examples
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But new insects, including one called a mealybug, not known as cotton pests, have emerged, causing significant economic losses,
IntelliBriefs Naxal Watch 2010
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Now a new insect called mealybug (Phenococcus solenopsis) having its origin in USA is becoming a potential threat to cotton cultivation.
WN.com - Articles related to How 'rural' is India's agricultural credit? 2010
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Now a new insect called mealybug (Phenococcus solenopsis) having its origin in USA is becoming a potential threat to cotton cultivation.
WN.com - Articles related to How 'rural' is India's agricultural credit? 2010
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Now a new insect called mealybug (Phenococcus solenopsis) having its origin in USA is becoming a potential threat to cotton cultivation.
WN.com - Articles related to How 'rural' is India's agricultural credit? 2010
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Now a new insect called mealybug (Phenococcus solenopsis) having its origin in USA is becoming a potential threat to cotton cultivation.
WN.com - Articles related to How 'rural' is India's agricultural credit? 2010
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Now a new insect called mealybug (Phenococcus solenopsis) having its origin in USA is becoming a potential threat to cotton cultivation.
WN.com - Articles related to How 'rural' is India's agricultural credit? 2010
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Now a new insect called mealybug (Phenococcus solenopsis) having its origin in USA is becoming a potential threat to cotton cultivation.
WN.com - Articles related to How 'rural' is India's agricultural credit? 2010
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Now a new insect called mealybug (Phenococcus solenopsis) having its origin in USA is becoming a potential threat to cotton cultivation.
WN.com - Articles related to How 'rural' is India's agricultural credit? 2010
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Now a new insect called mealybug (Phenococcus solenopsis) having its origin in USA is becoming a potential threat to cotton cultivation.
WN.com - Articles related to How 'rural' is India's agricultural credit? 2010
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In 1979, a Swiss scientist arrived in Ibadan, a Nigerian university town deep in cassava mealybug country.
Parasite Rex Carl Zimmer 2009
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