Definition of Coccidae

1. Noun. Scale insects.

Exact synonyms: Family Coccidae
Generic synonyms: Arthropod Family
Group relationships: Coccoidea, Superfamily Coccoidea
Member holonyms: Soft Scale, Genus Coccus

Lexicographical Neighbors of Coccidae

Coast Range
Coatlán Mixe
Coats' disease
Coats Land
Coatzacoalcos
Cobb
Cobb salad
Cobb salads
Cobb syndrome
Cobitidae
Coca-Cola
Coca-Colas
Coca Cola
Cocacolonization
Coccaceae
Coccidae
Coccidiasina
Coccinellidae
Coccoidea
Coccothraustes
Coccothraustes coccothraustes
Cocculus
Cocculus carolinus
Coccus hesperidum
Coccyzus
Coccyzus erythropthalmus
Cocha antshrike
Cocha antshrikes
Cochimi
Cochin

Literary usage of Coccidae

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. A Manual of Forestry by William Schlich (1907)
"coccidae (SCALE-INSECTS). Description of Family. Very minute insects with moniliform antennae, of 6 to 25 joints ; rostrum rudimentary in the J . $ with 2 ..."

2. Psyche: A Journal of Entomology by Cambridge Entomological Club (1899)
"This species belongs to the novella group but is very distinct from either novella or anomala. THREE NEW coccidae OF THE SUBFAMILY ..."

3. The Cambridge Natural History by Sidney Frederick Harmer, Arthur Everett Shipley (1899)
"There are upwards of 800 species of coccidae at present known.1 The family ... The classification of Insects so minute as coccidae, and with such extreme ..."

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