单词 | armored scale |
释义 | armored scale in American English US any of a family (Diaspididae) of scale insects characterized by a hard, waxy secretion that covers the body: many armored scales are serious pests of trees and shrubs armored scale in American Englishnoun 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 Word origin [1900–05]This word is first recorded in the period 1900–05. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: burnout, clone, decompression, elder statesman, throwawayExamples of 'armored scale' in a sentence |
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