armored scale

armored scale

 
noun
any of numerous insects constituting the family Diaspididae, the largest group of scale insects, which includes many important pests of various trees and shrubs, as the San Jose scale.
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1900–05
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armored scale

noun
insect having a firm covering of wax especially in the female 
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