"mealybug" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: mealybugs [plural]
Etymology: From mealy + bug, from the appearance of the powder which resembles meal (“flour”). Etymology templates: {{compound|en|mealy|bug}} mealy + bug Head templates: {{en-noun}} mealybug (plural mealybugs)
  1. Any of various insects of the family Pseudococcidae, which secrete a powdery wax and are pests of fruit trees. Wikipedia link: mealybug Categories (lifeform): Scale insects Derived forms: mealybug destroyer Translations (Translations): щитоносна въшка (štitonosna vǎška) [feminine] (Bulgarian), uldlus [common-gender] (Danish), wolluis (Dutch), Schmierlaus [feminine] (German), Wolllaus [feminine] (German), ψευδόκοκκος (psevdókokkos) [masculine] (Greek), yaaʼ bitsʼaʼí łigaaígíí (Navajo), ull-lus [feminine] (Norwegian Nynorsk), ullus [feminine] (Norwegian Nynorsk), cochonilha-farinhenta [feminine] (Portuguese), vierme alb (Romanian), мучни́стый черве́ц (mučnístyj červéc) [masculine] (Russian)

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