scale insect

scale insect

n.

Any of various small homopterous insects of the superfamily Coccoidea that suck the juices of plants, the females of which secrete and remain under waxy scales on plant tissue.

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scale insect

Any of various small homopterous insects of the superfamily Coccoidea that suck the juices of plants, the females of which secrete and remain under waxy scales on plant tissue.

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Noun

1.

scale insect - small homopterous insect that usually lives and feeds on plants and secretes a protective waxy covering coccid insect - scale insects and mealybugs 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 insect, Dactylopius coccus, cochineal - Mexican red scale insect that feeds on cacti; the source of a red dye