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Definition of Mealybug

1. Noun. Scalelike plant-eating insect coated with a powdery waxy secretion; destructive especially of fruit trees.

Definition of Mealybug

1. Noun. Any of various insects of the family ''Pseudococcidae'', that secrete a powdery wax and are pests of fruit trees. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Mealybug

1. a destructive insect [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Mealybug

Literary usage of Mealybug

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Pest Management and Food Production: Looking to the Future by Montague Yudelman, Annu Ratta, David F. Nygaard (1998)
"Several years ago, the cassava mealybug and cassava green mite began ... IITA located and imported natural predators of the cassava mealybug from Latin ..."

2. Supplement to Second Edition of Kerr's Cyclopedic California Codes by James Manford Kerr (1922)
"[Grape mealybug-infested district.] To prevent the spread of the insect known as the grape mealybug, the director of agriculture is hereby authorized to ..."

3. Biotechnology: Building on Farmers' Knowledge by Joske F. G. Bunders, Bertus Haverkort, Wim Hiemstra (1996)
"A few applications, such as the biological control of cassava mealybug developed by the International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (UTA), ..."

4. Pamphlets on Forestry in Hawaii (1919)
"The Board lost Mr. Osborn's services in 1923 and uo further shipments of mealybug enemies were made by him. In 1924 this project was taken up afresh and six ..."

5. Harmful Non-Indigenous Species in the United States (1994)
"For example, State officials tried unsuccessfully to have a mealybug pest (Pseudococcus ... The mealybug eventually slipped into Hawaii, became established, ..."

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