slovodefinícia
mealybug
(encz)
mealybug,červec n: Zdeněk Brož
mealybug
(encz)
mealybug,škodlivý hmyz Zdeněk Brož
mealybug
(gcide)
mealybug \meal"y*bug`\, mealy bug \mealy bug\
(m[=e]l"[y^]*b[u^]g`), n. (Zool.),
Any of several homopteran scale insects (as, {Coccus
adonidum}, and related species of the families
Pseudococcidae and Eriococcidae), 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.
[1913 Webster + WordNet 1.5]
mealybug
(wn)
mealybug
n 1: scalelike plant-eating insect coated with a powdery waxy
secretion; destructive especially of fruit trees [syn:
mealybug, mealy bug]
podobné slovodefinícia
comstocks mealybug
(mass)
Comstock's mealybug
- Pseudococcus comstocki
citrophilous mealybug
(encz)
citrophilous mealybug, n:
citrophilus mealybug
(encz)
citrophilus mealybug, n:
citrus mealybug
(encz)
citrus mealybug, n:
citrophilous mealybug
(wn)
citrophilous mealybug
n 1: destructive especially to citrus [syn: {citrophilous
mealybug}, citrophilus mealybug, Pseudococcus fragilis]
citrophilus mealybug
(wn)
citrophilus mealybug
n 1: destructive especially to citrus [syn: {citrophilous
mealybug}, citrophilus mealybug, Pseudococcus fragilis]
citrus mealybug
(wn)
citrus mealybug
n 1: feeds on a wide variety of cultivated plants but especially
destructive to citrus [syn: citrus mealybug, {Planococcus
citri}]
comstock mealybug
(wn)
Comstock mealybug
n 1: Asiatic insect introduced accidentally into United States;
pest on citrus and apple trees [syn: Comstock mealybug,
Comstock's mealybug, Pseudococcus comstocki]