Coccoidea

plural noun

Coc·​coi·​dea

käˈkȯidēə

: a superfamily of Hemiptera including scales and mealybugs and being equivalent to Coccidae in the broadest sense

Word History

Etymology

New Latin, from cocc- + -oidea

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