armored scale

ar′mored scale′

n.

any of numerous scale insects of the family Diaspididae, having a waxy covering and including important pests of various trees and shrubs, as the San Jose scale.

[1900–05]

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armored scale - insect having a firm covering of wax especially in the female scale insect - small homopterous insect that usually lives and feeds on plants and secretes a protective waxy covering Diaspididae, family Diaspididae - armored scales Aspidiotus perniciosus, San Jose scale - small east Asian insect naturalized in the United States that damages fruit trees

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