Coccoidea
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Coccus viridis (green scale) 
Translingual
Etymology 1
Proper noun
Coccoidea
- A taxonomic superfamily within the order Hemiptera – scale insects, including mealy bugs.
Hypernyms
- (superfamily): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Animalia – kingdom; Bilateria – subkingdom; Protostomia – infrakingdom; Ecdysozoa – superphylum; Arthropoda – phylum; Hexapoda – subphylum; Insecta – class; Pterygota – subclass; Neoptera – infraclass; Paraneoptera – superorder; Hemiptera – order; Sternorrhyncha – suborder
Hyponyms
- (superfamily): Aclerdidae, Asterolecaniidae, Beesoniidae, Callipappidae, Carayonemidae, Cerococcidae, Coccidae, Coelostomidiidae, Conchaspididae, Dactylopiidae, Diaspididae, Eriococcidae, Halimococcidae, Kermesidae, Kerriidae, Kuwaniidae, Lecanodiaspididae, Marchalinidae, Margarodidae, Matsucoccidae, Micrococcidae, Monophlebidae, Ortheziidae, Phenacoleachiidae, Phoenicococcidae, Pityococcidae, Pseudococcidae, Putoidae, Rhizoecidae, Steingeliidae, Stictococcidae, Stigmacoccidae, Xylococcidae – families
References
Coccoidea on Wikipedia.Wikipedia 
Coccoidea on Wikispecies.Wikispecies 
Category:Coccoidea on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
Etymology 2
From Ancient Greek κόκκος (kókkos, “grain, seed”) + -oidea.
Proper noun
Coccoidea f
- A taxonomic genus within the family Coccoideaceae – certain ascomycetes.
Hyponyms
- (genus): Coccoidea quercicola, Coccoidea sinobambusae, Coccoidea verrucosa – species
References
- Coccoideaceae on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- Coccoidea (Coccoideaceae) on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
- Category:Dothideomycetes on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
- Coccoidea at MycoBank
- Coccoidea at the Catalogue of Life