coccid

[ kok-sid ]

noun

1. any of various related bugs of the superfamily Coccoidea, comprising the scale insects.

coccid

/ ˈkɒksɪd /

noun

1. any homopterous insect of the superfamily Coccoidea, esp any of the family Coccidae, which includes the scale insects

Word History and Origins

Origin of coccid¹

cocc(us) + -id ²

Word History and Origins

Origin of coccid¹

C19: from New Latin Coccidae; see coccus

Example Sentences

The legislation aimed at mitigating the impacts of the macadamia felted coccid would have provided funding for research and treatment.

From Washington Times

GROUND-PEARL, the glassy secretion forming the pupacase of coccid insects of the genus Margarodes, belonging to the homopterous division of the Hemiptera.

From Project Gutenberg

It's a coccid, a little scale insect.

From Project Gutenberg

The Hebrew University men, closer observers, saw the ooze exuding from the coccid bodies.

From Time Magazine Archive

Mr. Cockerell in Jamaica has noted an interesting Coccid, Icerya rosæ, which is protected by ants; “at the present moment some of these Iceryæ are enjoying life, which would certainly have perished at my hands but for the inconvenience presented by the numbers of stinging ants.”

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