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soft scale

soft scale noun: any immobile insect that anchors a strawlike mouthpart to feed on plant phloem or sap, of infraorder Coccomorpha or superfamily Coccoidea.

Noun

soft scale (countable and uncountable, plural soft scales)

  1. Any immobile insect that anchors a strawlike mouthpart to feed on plant phloem or sap, of infraorder Coccomorpha or superfamily Coccoidea.
    Synonyms:
    greenhouse bug

Synonyms of soft scale

Forms of soft scale

pluralsoft scales

Questions about soft scale

What does soft scale mean?
Soft scale means any immobile insect that anchors a strawlike mouthpart to feed on plant phloem or sap, of infraorder Coccomorpha or superfamily Coccoidea.
What part of speech is soft scale?
Soft scale is a noun.
What is the plural of soft scale?
The plural of soft scale is soft scales.

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