HyperDic: soft_scale

English > 1 sense of the expression soft scale:
NOUNanimalsoft scalean insect active in all stages / stages
English > soft scale: 1 sense > noun 1, animal
MeaningAn insect active in all stages / stages.
Member ofCoccidae, family Coccidaescale insects
Narrowerbrown soft scale, Coccus hesperidumpest on citrus trees
Broaderscale insectsmall homopterous insect that usually lives and feeds on plants and secretes a protective waxy covering

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