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coccid

American

[kok-sid] / ˈkɒk sɪd /

noun

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

coccid British

/ ˈkɒksɪd /

noun

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

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Etymology

Origin of coccid

cocc(us) + -id ²

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coccid

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

From Time Magazine Archive

In the male coccid we find a late larval stage with hidden wing-rudiments, the importance of which, for comparison with the caterpillar, will be appreciated later.

From The Life-Story of Insects by Carpenter, George H. (George Herbert)

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

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 5 "Greek Law" to "Ground-Squirrel" by Various

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