Scale Insect Definition

noun
Any of various families of small homopteran insects destructive to plants: the females secrete a round, wax scale under which they live and lay their eggs.
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Other Word Forms of Scale Insect

Noun

Singular:
scale insect
Plural:
scale-insects

Scale Insect Sentence Examples

  • See Economic Entomology, Scale-Insect.

  • The " ni-in " (also known as " axe ") is a small scale insect belonging to the genus Coccus, found in Yucatan, Oaxaca, Vera Cruz, Michoacan and other southern states, where it inhabits the spondia trees and produces a greasy substance called " ni-inea," which is much used by the natives as a varnish, especially for domestic utensils, as it resists fire as well as water.

  • The female scale insect produces between 500--2000 eggs over many days, and then dies.

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