scale insect
Noun
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Small homopterous insect that usually lives and feeds on plants and secretes a protective waxy covering (synset 102251162)
is a type of: coccid insect - scale insects and mealybugssubtypes:
- soft scale - an insect active in all stages
- wax insect - any of various insects that secrete a waxy substance
- armored scale - insect having a firm covering of wax especially in the female
- cochineal, cochineal insect, dactylopius coccus - Mexican red scale insect that feeds on cacti; the source of a red dye
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