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Definition: Mealybug |
MealybugNoun1. Scale-like plant-eating insect coated with a powdery waxy secretion; destructive especially of fruit trees. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Synonym: MealybugSynonym: mealy bug (n). (additional references) |
Crosswords: Mealybug |
| English words defined with "mealybug": citrophilous mealybug, citrophilus mealybug, citrus mealybug, Comstock mealybug, Comstock's mealybug. (references) |
Expressions using "mealybug": citrophilous mealybug ♦ citrophilus mealybug ♦ citrus mealybug ♦ comstock mealybug ♦ Comstock's mealybug. Additional references. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
mealybug | 10 |
mealybug vine | 2 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "mealybug"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | uldlus (long-tailed mealybug), langfrynset uldlus (long-tailed mealybug), alm.uldlus (bakers's mealybug, grape mealybug, pear mealybug). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | wasluis. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | villakilpikirvat. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | cochenille farineuse des serres (long-tailed mealybug), cochenille des serres (long-tailed mealybug), cochenille de la wistarie (japanese mealybug, japanese wisteria cottony mealybug), cochenille de la vigne (bakers's mealybug, grape mealybug, pear mealybug), cochenille de la canne sucre (pink mealybug, pink mealybug of sugarcane, pink sugarcane mealybug, sugarcane mealybug). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | Zuckerrohrschmierlaus (pink mealybug, pink mealybug of sugarcane, pink sugarcane mealybug, sugarcane mealybug), langdornige Schmierlaus (long-tailed mealybug). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | ψευδόκοκκος. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | cocciniglia della canna da zucchero (pink mealybug, pink mealybug of sugarcane, pink sugarcane mealybug, sugarcane mealybug). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | ealybugmay piolho branco da batatinha (bakers's mealybug, grape mealybug, pear mealybug), piolho branco (bakers's mealybug, grape mealybug, pear mealybug). (various references) мучнистый червец (mealy-bug). (various references) vrsta insekta (mantis). (various references) piojo harinoso, piojo blanco, escama algodonosa, escama (carbon mark, chip, flake, scale, scaling, shell, squama), chinche harinosa. (various references) växthusullus (long-tailed mealybug), sockerrörsull (pink mealybug, pink mealybug of sugarcane, pink sugarcane mealybug, sugarcane mealybug). (various references) unlu biti. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | Pseudococcus. (various references) |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "mealybug": mealybugs. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-b-e-g-l-m-u-y" | |
-2 letters: beluga, gamble, gamely, gleamy, maguey. | |
-3 letters: agley, album, algum, almug, amble, bagel, balmy, beamy, begum, belay, belga, blame, bluey, blume, bugle, bulge, bulgy, embay, gable, gambe, gamey, gleam, gleba, gluey, glume, lamby, maybe, mealy, muley, ulema, umbel. | |
-4 letters: able, ably, abye, agly, ague, alme, alum, amyl, bale, balm, beam, beau, bema, blae, blam. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-b-e-g-l-m-u-y" | |
+1 letter: mealybugs. | |
+4 letters: umbrageously, unmanageably. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)4D 65 61 6C 79 62 75 67 |
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Morse Code (1836) (references)-- . .- .-.. -.--. -... ..- --. |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01001101 01100101 01100001 01101100 01111001 01100010 01110101 01100111 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)M e a l y b u g |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)004D 0065 0061 006C 0079 0062 0075 0067 |
| British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)4771677891688773 |
| 1. Definition 2. Synonyms 3. Crosswords 4. Expressions | 5. Expressions: Internet 6. Translations: Modern 7. Translations: Ancient 8. Derivations | 9. Anagrams 10. Orthography 11. Bibliography |
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