noun
an insect active in all stages
• Hypernyms: ↑scale insect
• Hyponyms: ↑brown soft scale, ↑Coccus hesperidum
• Member Holonyms: ↑Coccidae, ↑family Coccidae
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noun : a scale insect (especially family Coccidae) more or less active in all stages; especially : brown soft scale — compare armored scale
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any of numerous homopterous insect pests of the family Coccidae, as leafhoppers, aphids, and whiteflies, that are destructive to crops, shade and fruit trees, and various houseplants.
[1890-95]
Useful english dictionary. 2012.