Usually means: Small insects that suck sap.
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▸ noun:  Any of the small parasitic insects of the superfamily Coccoidea that live on plants and sap nutrients from them.

Similar:
coccidology, entomoparasite, entomophyte, hyperparasite, leaf miner, myco-heterotroph, colembolan, aphidomorph, planthopper, stalkborer, more...

Types:
mealybug, aphid, whitefly, soft scale, armored scale, woolly adelgid, more...

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Similar:
coccidology, entomoparasite, entomophyte, hyperparasite, leaf miner, myco-heterotroph, colembolan, aphidomorph, planthopper, stalkborer, more...

Types:
mealybug, aphid, whitefly, soft scale, armored scale, woolly adelgid, more...



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