slovo | definícia |
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 slovo | definícia |
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] |
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