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mealy bug

meal·y bug (plural meal·y bugs or meal·y bug)


noun 
Definition:
 
insect feeding on citrus crops: a scale insect that is covered with a white powdery secretion and feeds on plants, often causing significant damage to citrus crops and greenhouse plants. Family Pseudococcidae.

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