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Noun: armored scale
Usage: US (elsewhere: armoured scale)
  1. Insect having a firm covering of wax especially in the female
    - armoured scale [Brit, Cdn]

Derived forms: armored scales

Type of: scale insect

Part of: Diaspididae, family Diaspididae

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