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

cocaptaining
cocaptains
cocarboxylase
cocarboxylases
cocarcinogen
cocarcinogenesis
cocarcinogenic
cocarcinogens
cocas
cocatalyst
cocatalysts
cocawine
coccal
cocci
coccic
coccid (current term)
coccid insect
coccidia
coccidia of cattle
coccidia of chickens
coccidia of geese
coccidia of pheasants
coccidia of rabbits
coccidia of sheep and goats
coccidia of swine
coccidia of turkeys
coccidial
coccidioidal
coccidioidal granuloma
coccidioides

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 ..."

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