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Definition of Coccid
1. Noun. Any of very many insects of the superfamily ''Coccoidea'' (and especially of the family ''Coccidae'') ; the scale insects and mealybugs ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Coccid
1. an insect [n -S] - See also: insect
Lexicographical Neighbors of Coccid
Literary usage of Coccid
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales by Linnean Society of New South Wales (1894)
"I received some months ago from Mr. A. Sidney Olliff six specimens of a coccid
found at Kurrajong Heights in New South Wales l>y Messrs. ..."
2. The Proceedings of the Iowa Academy of Science by Iowa Academy of Science (1898)
"NOTES ON coccid^E OCCURRING IN IOWA. HERBERT OSBORN. Aside from the interest
attaching to this family of the Horn optera as a remarkably specialized group ..."
3. Psyche: A Journal of Entomology by Cambridge Entomological Club (1909)
"9. A tubercle of Pieris brassicae. In P. rapae it is quite the same. THE CHALCIDOID
PARASITES OF THE coccid ..."