armored scale

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1. insect having a firm covering of wax especially in the female (noun.animal)

hypernym	:	scale insect,
definition	:	small homopterous insect that usually lives and feeds on plants and secretes a protective waxy covering (noun.animal)

hyponym	:	aspidiotus perniciosus, san jose scale,
definition	:	small east Asian insect naturalized in the United States that damages fruit trees (noun.animal)

member meronym	:	diaspididae, family diaspididae,
definition	:	armored scales (noun.animal)