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SOFT SCALE
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
An insect active in all stages
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("soft 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 "soft scale"):
brown soft scale; Coccus hesperidum (pest on citrus trees)
Holonyms ("soft scale" is a member of...):
Coccidae; family Coccidae (scale insects)
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