Definitions for scale insect

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Random House Webster's College Dictionary

scale′ in`sect(n.)

any of numerous small plant-sucking insects of the superfamily Coccoidea, the females of which are often covered by a waxy secretion resembling scales.
Category: Entomology

Princeton's WordNet

scale insect(noun)
small homopterous insect that usually lives and feeds on plants and secretes a protective waxy covering

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