armored scale insects

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• armored scale — ☆ armored scale n. any of a family (Diaspididae) of scale insects characterized by a hard, waxy secretion that covers the body: many armored scales are serious pests of trees and shrubs …   English World dictionary

• armored scale — noun insect having a firm covering of wax especially in the female • Hypernyms: ↑scale insect • Hyponyms: ↑San Jose scale, ↑Aspidiotus perniciosus • Member Holonyms: ↑Diaspididae, ↑family Diaspididae …   Useful english dictionary

• armored scale — any of numerous insects constituting the family Diaspididae, the largest group of scale insects, which includes many important pests of various trees and shrubs, as the San Jose scale. [1900 05] * * * …   Universalium

• armored scale — ar′mored scale′ n. ent 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 • Etymology: 1900–05 …   From formal English to slang

• armored scale — noun Date: circa 1903 any of a family (Diaspididae) of scale insects having a firm covering of wax best developed in the female …   New Collegiate Dictionary

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