| 单词 | black scale |
| 释义 | > as lemmasblack scale black scale n. a destructive soft scale insect, Saissetia oleae, that infests olive, citrus, and other cultivated plants in warm countries. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Insecta > subclass Pterygota > [noun] > division Exopterygota or Hemimetabola > order Hemiptera > suborder Homoptera > family Coccidae or genus Coccus > member of (scale) scale1822 larch-scale1831 scale-insect1840 mussel scale1853 black scale1880 cottony cushion-scale1886 cushion-scale1886 coccid1892 1880 Mountain Democrat (Placerville, Calif.) 3 July 4/2 He referred..to the black scale, nine species of which were known, and which had destroyed $10,000,000 worth of orchards in Illinois. 1930 Discovery Apr. 135/2 The little ladybird has been enlisted to fight the black-scale pest in California. 2005 Sunday Mail (Brisbane) 18 Dec. (Homefront section) 6/2 The stress of the long, dry season has resulted in many grass trees..becoming infested with black scale. < as lemmas |
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