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soft scales

soft scales is the plural of soft scale.

Meaning of soft scale

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

Questions about soft scales

What is soft scales the plural of?
Soft scales is the plural of soft scale.

Words near soft scales in the dictionary

  1. soft rot
  2. soft rush
  3. soft rushes
  4. soft sawder
  5. soft scale
  6. soft scales
  7. soft science
  8. soft science fiction
  9. soft sciences
  10. soft sculpture
  11. soft sculptures

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