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De - Pt| English Dictionary: mealier | by the DICT Development Group |
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| From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
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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[94]l.), a scale insect ({Coccus adonidum}, and related species), covered with a white powderlike substance. It is a common pest in hothouses. | |
