English Explanatory Dictionary

soft scale

English dictionary entry

Meanings

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

Word forms

soft scale soft scales

Synonyms

greenhouse bug
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