coccidadj.n.
/ˈkɒksɪd/ Entomology.
A. adj.
Of or pertaining to the Coccidæ or scale-insects.
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the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Insecta > subclass Pterygota > [adjective] > hemimetabolous > relating to or characteristic of Hemiptera > belonging to or having characteristic of Homoptera > of or relating to Coccidae
coccid1913
1913 Oxf. Univ. Gaz. 4 June 948/2 The Coccid food of the larva of Spalgis lemolea.
1960 L. Picken Organization of Cells iv. 136 A non-specific attraction that leads to end-association of the two chromosomes of a coccid sperm.
B. n.
A scale-insect.
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the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Insecta > subclass Pterygota > [noun] > division Exopterygota or Hemimetabola > order Hemiptera > suborder Homoptera > family Coccidae or genus Coccus > member of (scale)
scale1822
larch-scale1831
scale-insect1840
mussel scale1853
black scale1880
cottony cushion-scale1886
cushion-scale1886
coccid1892
1892 W. L. Distant Naturalist in Transvaal 88 The Coccid, or so-called ‘Australian Bug’ (Icerya purchasi).
1894 Athenæum 16 June 778/1 Male specimens of a coccid (Lecanium prunastri), bred from scales attached to shoots of blackthorn.
1899 Bull. Misc. Information (Royal Gardens, Kew) 6 Attacks of Coccids on forest trees in the island of Rodrigues.
1920 J. Ritchie Infl. Man on Animal Life Scotl. 474 A Coccid on oranges.
1960 L. Picken Organization of Cells iv. 97 Other instances of haploid chromosome numbers of one or two occur in a coccid, Icerya and a spider beetle (Ptinidae).
Derivatives
cocciˈdology n. the scientific study of scale-insects.
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the world > animals > zoology > study of specific types of animal > [noun] > insects > specific insects
hymenopterology1855
neuropterology1858
orthopterology1890
lepidopterology1899
coccidology1904
odonatology1917
acridology1948
lepidoptery1959
1904 Science 25 Mar. 501 In the present state of coccidology.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1933; most recently modified version published online June 2018).
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adj.n.1892