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mealy

 

  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Mealy  \Meal"y\,  a.  [Compar.  {Mealier};  superl.  {Mealiest}.] 
  1.  Having  the  qualities  of  meal;  resembling  meal;  soft,  dry, 
  and  friable;  easily  reduced  to  a  condition  resembling 
  meal;  as  a  mealy  potato. 
 
  2.  Overspread  with  something  that  resembles  meal;  as  the 
  mealy  wings  of  an  insect.  --Shak. 
 
  {Mealy  bug}  (Zo["o]l.),  a  scale  insect  ({Coccus  adonidum}, 
  and  related  species),  covered  with  a  white  powderlike 
  substance.  It  is  a  common  pest  in  hothouses. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  mealy 
  adj  :  composed  of  or  covered  with  relatively  large  particles; 
  "granular  sugar";  "gritty  sand"  [syn:  {farinaceous},  {coarse-grained}, 
  {grainy},  {granular},  {granulose},  {gritty},  {sandy}]




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