scale insect

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scale in·sect • n. a small insect (suborder Homoptera) with a protective shieldlike scale. It spends most of its life attached by its mouth to a single plant, sometimes occurring in such large numbers that it becomes a serious pest.

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scale insect

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scale insect See COCCIDAE.

A Dictionary of Zoology MICHAEL ALLABY

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