Useful english dictionary. 2012.
spittle insect — noun small leaping herbivorous insect that lives in a mass of protective froth which it and its larvae secrete • Syn: ↑spittlebug • Hypernyms: ↑homopterous insect, ↑homopteran • Hyponyms: ↑froghopper, ↑meadow spittlebug, ↑ … Useful english dictionary
scale insect — noun small homopterous insect that usually lives and feeds on plants and secretes a protective waxy covering • Hypernyms: ↑coccid insect • Hyponyms: ↑soft scale, ↑wax insect, ↑armored scale, ↑cochineal insect, ↑cochineal, ↑ … Useful english dictionary
coccid insect — noun scale insects and mealybugs • Hypernyms: ↑homopterous insect, ↑homopteran • Hyponyms: ↑scale insect, ↑mealybug, ↑mealy bug • Member Holonyms: ↑Coccoidea, ↑ … Useful english dictionary
lac insect — /ˈlæk ɪnsɛkt/ (say lak insekt) noun a homopterous insect, Laccifer lacca, of India, the females of which produce lac …
scale insect — any of numerous small, plant sucking homopterous insects of the superfamily Coccoidea, the males of which are winged and the females wingless, often covered by a waxy secretion resembling scales. [1830 40] * * * Any member of several families of… … Universalium
wax insect — noun any of various insects that secrete a waxy substance • Hypernyms: ↑scale insect * * * noun 1. : any of several scales of the family Coccidae that secrete a wax from their bodies; especially : a Chinese scale (Ericerus pe la) that yields much … Useful english dictionary
wax insect — /ˈwæks ɪnsɛkt/ (say waks insekt) noun any of various homopterous insects which secrete a wax or waxlike substance, as a Chinese scale insect, Ericerus pela …
scale insect — noun Date: 1840 any of numerous small prolific homopterous insects (superfamily Coccoidea) that have winged males, wingless scale covered females attached to the host plant, and young that suck the juices of plants and some of which are serious… … New Collegiate Dictionary
scale insect — /ˈskeɪl ˌɪnsɛkt/ (say skayl .insekt) noun any of various small plant destroying insects of the homopterous superfamily Coccoidea, the females of which mostly have the body and eggs covered by a large scale or shield formed by secretions …
homopteran — n. any insect of the suborder Homoptera, including aphids and cicadas, with wings of uniform texture (cf. HETEROPTERAN). Derivatives: homopterous adj. Etymology: HOMO + Gk pteron wing * * * noun insects having membranous forewings and hind wings… … Useful english dictionary
