scale insect

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scale insect noun

Any of the small parasitic insects of the superfamily Coccoidea, that live on plants and sap nutrients from them.

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scale coccidology entomoparasite entomophyte hyperparasite leaf miner myco-heterotroph colembolan aphidomorph planthopper stalkborer cordyceps mycocecidium sarcotheca mycoparasite caryophyllid scolopophore

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