MEALYBUG

Meaning of MEALYBUG in English

[mealy.bug] n (1824): any of a family (Pseudococcidae) of scale insects that have a white powdery covering and are destructive pests esp. of fruit trees

Merriam-Webster English vocab. Английский словарь Merriam Webster. 2012

MEALYBUG — noun Date: 1824 any of a family (Pseudococcidae) of scale insects that have a white cottony or waxy covering and …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
MEALYBUG — Any insect of the family Pseudococcidae (order Homoptera). Not a true bug , the mealybug is covered by a white …
Английский словарь Британика
MEALYBUG — ˈ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷ noun : any of numerous scales of the family Pseudococcidae that are covered with a white powdery substance and …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
MEALYBUG — /mee"lee bug'/ , n. any of several scalelike, homopterous insects of the families Pseudococcidae and Eriococcidae that are covered with …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
MEALYBUG — n. any of several soft-bodied insects which excrete a white powdery substance
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
MEALYBUG — noun Date: 1824 : any of a family (Pseudococcidae) of scale insects that have a white cottony or waxy covering …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
MEALYBUG — any small sap-sucking insect of the family Pseudococcidae (order Homoptera). They are worldwide in distribution and attack citrus trees and …
Britannica English vocabulary
MEALYBUG — mealybug BrE AmE ˈmiːl i bʌɡ ▷ mealybug|s z
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
MEALYBUG — n. Any insect of the family Pseudococcidae (order Homoptera). Not a true bug , the mealybug is covered by a …
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
MEALYBUG — Any of various insects of the family Pseudococcidae (suborder Homoptera; order Hemiptera). These are small wingless insects that have the …
English Glossary of Entomology and Crop Protection
MEALYBUG — mealybug зоол. мучнистый червец
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
MEALYBUG — червец; pl мучнистые червецы, войлочники (Pseudococcidae) - amaryllis mealybug - citrophilus mealybug - citrus mealybug - coconut mealybug - common mealybug - Egyptian mealybug - long-tailed mealybug - …
Новый Англо-Русский словарь по биологии
MEALYBUG — червец; pl мучнистые червецы, войлочники ( Pseudococcidae ) - amaryllis mealybug - citrophilus mealybug - citrus mealybug - coconut mealybug …
Новый Англо-Русский биологический словарь
MEALYBUG — mealybug зоол. мучнистый червец
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь
MEALYBUG — n. Pronunciation: ' m ē -l ē - ˌ b ə g Function: noun Date: 1824 : any of a …
Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary
COMSTOCK'S MEALYBUG — noun see comstock mealybug
Webster's New International English Dictionary
CITROPHILOUS MEALYBUG — noun see citrophilus mealybug
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SHORT-TAILED MEALYBUG — noun : a mealybug having short terminal filaments
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PINEAPPLE MEALYBUG — noun : a mealybug ( Dysmicoccus brevipes ) that feeds on pineapple and other hosts chiefly in Hawaii and So. …
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MEALYBUG WILT — noun : a wilt of the pineapple especially destructive in Hawaii that is associated with the feeding of the pineapple …
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LONG-TAILED MEALYBUG — noun : a mealybug ( Pseudococcus adonidum ) that is a minor pest of citrus and avocado in California and …
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GRAPE MEALYBUG — noun : a widely distributed mealybug ( Pseudococcus maritimus ) that feeds on many economic plants
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COMSTOCK MEALYBUG — noun or comstock's mealybug Usage: usually capitalized C Etymology: after John H. Comstock died 1931 American entomologist : an Asiatic …
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COCONUT MEALYBUG — noun : a short-tailed mealybug ( Nipaecoccus nipae ) that is destructive to coconut, avocado, fig, and other fruiting plants
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CITRUS MEALYBUG — noun : a widely distributed mealybug ( Planococcus citri ) feeding on a wide variety of cultivated plants but especially …
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CITROPHILUS MEALYBUG — noun also ci·troph·i·lous mealybug sə̇.ˈträfələs- Etymology: citrophilus from New Latin, from citr- + -philus; citrophilous alteration (influenced by -philous ) …
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APPLE MEALYBUG — noun : a mealybug ( Phenacoccus aceris ) common on apple trees in parts of Canada
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COMMON MEALYBUG — см. citrus mealybug
Новый Англо-Русский словарь по биологии
COMMON MEALYBUG — см. citrus mealybug
Новый Англо-Русский биологический словарь
TUKRA — ˈtu̇krə noun ( -s ) Etymology: Hindi ṭukṛā piece, bit, scrap : a disorder of the leaves and shoots of …
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RHODES-GRASS SCALE — noun Usage: usually capitalized R : a mealybug ( Antonina graminis ) that is a serious pest on grass in …
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PSEUDOCOCCUS — “+ noun Usage: capitalized Etymology: New Latin, from pseud- + Coccus : a genus (type of the family Pseudococcidae) of …
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