scale insect (n)

n02248510

type n
lex_filenum 05
def small homopterous insect that usually lives and feeds on plants and secretes a protective waxy covering
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Hypernym coccid insect
Hyponym soft scale; wax insect; armored scale; cochineal insect, cochineal, Dactylopius coccus
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Hyponym coccid insect
Hypernym soft scale; wax insect; armored scale; cochineal insect, cochineal, Dactylopius coccus

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