HyperDic: armored_scale

English > 1 sense of the expression armored scale:
NOUNanimalarmored scaleinsect having a firm covering of wax especially in the female
English > armored scale: 1 sense > noun 1, animal
Meaninginsect having a firm covering of wax especially in the female.
Member ofDiaspididae, family Diaspididaearmored scales
NarrowerSan Jose scale, Aspidiotus perniciosussmall east Asian insect naturalized in the United States that damages fruit trees
Broaderscale insectsmall homopterous insect that usually lives and feeds on plants and secretes a protective waxy covering

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