coccoidea
NounSynonyms:
superfamily Coccoidea
Open English WordNet
Noun (1)
- a superfamily of scale insects and mealybugs, containing about 8000 speciesSynonyms: superfamily CoccoideaType of arthropod familyMember of Homoptera, suborder HomopteraMembers Pseudococcidae, coccid insect, Diaspididae, Coccidae, Dactylopiidae
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Webster's Dictionary (1913)
Coccoidea noun
a superfamily of scale insects and mealybugs. Syn. — superfamily Coccoidea.
Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), from GCIDE 0.54 · with additions: WordNet 1.5