ARMORED SCALE

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

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)