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

Derived forms: mealy bugs, mealybugs

Type of: coccid insect

Part of: family Pseudococcidae, Pseudococcidae

Encyclopedia: Mealybug

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