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Mealy bug   /mˈili bəg/   Listen
Mealy bug

noun
1.
Scalelike plant-eating insect coated with a powdery waxy secretion; destructive especially of fruit trees.  Synonym: mealybug.





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"Mealy bug" Quotes from Famous Books



... economy was hurt in 1996 by the emergence of the pink mealy bug, which destroyed much of the cocoa harvest. Bananas, a major foreign exchange earner, also suffered due to falling prices, low production, and poor quality. Tourism, the leading foreign exchange earner, ...
— The 1998 CIA World Factbook • United States. Central Intelligence Agency.


Words linked to "Mealy bug" :   Pseudococcidae, coccid insect, Planococcus citri, Comstock's mealybug, Pseudococcus fragilis, Pseudococcus comstocki, citrophilous mealybug, mealybug, citrus mealybug, Comstock mealybug, citrophilus mealybug, family Pseudococcidae


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