armored scale

/ˌɑrmərd skeɪl/
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Other forms: armored scales

Definitions of armored scale
  1. noun
    insect having a firm covering of wax especially in the female
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    types:
    Aspidiotus perniciosus, San Jose scale
    small east Asian insect naturalized in the United States that damages fruit trees
    type of:
    scale insect
    small homopterous insect that usually lives and feeds on plants and secretes a protective waxy covering
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