scale insect

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scale insect

noun scale insects

Any of the small parasitic insects of the superfamily Coccoidea that live on plants and sap nutrients from them. Male scale insects are mostly haploid, undergo an unusual metamorphosis, and feed only in the first two instars.
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noun small parasitic insect of superfamily Coccoidea

Français	cochenille
Deutsch	Schildlaus
Ελληνικά	κοχενίλη kocheníli
Русский	кокци́да kokcída

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@misc{scale_insect_2026,
  title = {scale insect},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/scale%20insect},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}