Associations to the word «Mealybug»

Wiktionary

MEALYBUG, noun. Any of various insects of the family Pseudococcidae, that secrete a powdery wax and are pests of fruit trees.

Dictionary definition

MEALYBUG, noun. Scalelike plant-eating insect coated with a powdery waxy secretion; destructive especially of fruit trees.

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats