family coccidae

English Thesaurus

1. scale insects (noun.animal)

hypernym	:	arthropod family,
definition	:	any of the arthropods (noun.animal)

member holonym	:	soft scale,
definition	:	an insect active in all stages (noun.animal)

member holonym	:	genus coccus,
definition	:	type genus of the Coccidae (noun.animal)

member meronym	:	coccoidea, superfamily coccoidea,
definition	:	scale insects and mealybugs (noun.animal)