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noun
Small homopterous insect that usually lives and feeds on plants and secretes a protective waxy covering.
is a specific kind of: coccid insect.
is a broader term that covers: soft scale | wax insect | armored scale | cochineal, cochineal insect, Dactylopius coccus.
Dutch: schildluis
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