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Dictionary entry overview: What does whitefly mean?

• WHITEFLY (noun)
The noun WHITEFLY has 1 sense:

1. minute insect that feeds on plant juices; related to scale insects

Familiarity information: WHITEFLY used as a noun is very rare.

Dictionary entry details

• WHITEFLY (noun)

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Meaning:

Minute insect that feeds on plant juices; related to scale insects

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("whitefly" is a kind of...):

homopteran; homopterous insect (insects having membranous forewings and hind wings)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "whitefly"):

citrus whitefly; Dialeurodes citri (whitefly that attacks citrus trees)

greenhouse whitefly; Trialeurodes vaporariorum (whitefly that inhabits greenhouses)

sweet-potato whitefly (a variety of whitefly)

Holonyms ("whitefly" is a member of...):

Aleyrodidae; family Aleyrodidae (whiteflies)

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