Coccus
Translingual edit
Etymology edit
New Latin, from Ancient Greek κόκκος (kókkos, “grain, seed”)
Proper noun edit
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- A taxonomic genus within the family Coccidae – some scale insects.
Hypernyms edit
- (genus): 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; Coccoidea - superfamily; Coccidae - family; Coccinae - subfamily
Hyponyms edit
- (genus): Coccus hesperidum - type species; for others see Coccus on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
Derived terms edit
Further reading edit
- Coccus (insect) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- Coccus on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
- Coccus on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
- Coccus at Integrated Taxonomic Information System.
- Coccus at Encyclopedia of Life
- Coccus at National Center for Biotechnology Information