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scale insects

scale insects is the plural of scale insect.

Meaning of scale insect

Noun

scale insect (plural scale insects)

  1. Any of the small parasitic insects of the superfamily Coccoidea that live on plants and sap nutrients from them.
    • Male scale insects are mostly haploid, undergo an unusual metamorphosis, and feed only in the first two instars.2005, Hans G. Schabel, Forest Entomology in East Africa: Forest Insects of Tanzania, page 93
    Synonyms:
    scale

Questions about scale insects

What is scale insects the plural of?
Scale insects is the plural of scale insect.

Words near scale insects in the dictionary

  1. Scale Hall
  2. scale height
  3. scale heights
  4. scale in
  5. scale insect
  6. scale insects
  7. scale invariance
  8. scale leaf
  9. scale leaves
  10. scale mail
  11. scale mails

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