English
Etymology
From mealy + bug, from the appearance of the powder which resembles meal (“flour”).
Noun
mealybug (plural mealybugs)
- Any of various insects of the family Pseudococcidae, which secrete a powdery wax and are pests of fruit trees.
Derived terms
Translations
Translations
- Bulgarian: щитоносна въшка f (štitonosna vǎška)
- Danish: uldlus c
- Dutch: wolluis (nl)
- German: Schmierlaus f, Wolllaus (de) f
- Greek: ψευδόκοκκος m (psevdókokkos)
- Hungarian: viaszos pajzstetű
- Navajo: yaaʼ bitsʼaʼí łigaaígíí
- Norwegian Nynorsk: ull-lus f, ullus f
- Portuguese: cochonilha-farinhenta f
- Romanian: vierme alb
- Russian: мучни́стый черве́ц m (mučnístyj červéc)
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