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ARMORED SCALE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does armored scale mean?
• ARMORED SCALE (noun)
The noun ARMORED SCALE has 1 sense:
1. insect having a firm covering of wax especially in the female
Familiarity information: ARMORED SCALE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Insect having a firm covering of wax especially in the female
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Hypernyms ("armored scale" is a kind of...):
scale insect (small homopterous insect that usually lives and feeds on plants and secretes a protective waxy covering)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "armored scale"):
Aspidiotus perniciosus; San Jose scale (small east Asian insect naturalized in the United States that damages fruit trees)
Holonyms ("armored scale" is a member of...):
Diaspididae; family Diaspididae (armored scales)
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