BROWN SOFT SCALE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does brown soft scale mean? 

• BROWN SOFT SCALE (noun)
  The noun BROWN SOFT SCALE has 1 sense:

1. pest on citrus trees

  Familiarity information: BROWN SOFT SCALE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• BROWN SOFT SCALE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Pest on citrus trees

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

brown soft scale; Coccus hesperidum

Hypernyms ("brown soft scale" is a kind of...):

soft scale (an insect active in all stages)

Holonyms ("brown soft scale" is a member of...):

genus Coccus (type genus of the Coccidae)