- cushion scale
- cushion scale,a very common scale insect, injurious to oranges and other trees, having a large waxy, fluted ovisac resembling a cushion attached to the bodies of the females.
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cottony-cushion scale — /kot n ee koosh euhn/ a scale insect, Icerya purchasi, native to Australia, now a common pest in the citrus growing regions of California. [1885 90] * * * Scale insect (Icerya purchasi, order Homoptera) that is a pest especially of California… … Universalium
cottony-cushion scale — ˈ ̷ ̷( ̷ ̷) ̷ ̷ˈ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ noun : a scale (Icerya purchasi) introduced into the United States from Australia that infests citrus and other plants see vedalia * * * /kot n ee koosh euhn/ a scale insect, Icerya purchasi, native to Australia, now a… … Useful english dictionary
Scale insect — Temporal range: Lower Cretaceous–recent … Wikipedia
cottony-cushion scale — noun Date: 1886 a scale insect (Icerya purchasi) introduced into the United States from Australia that infests citrus and other plants … New Collegiate Dictionary
cottony-cushion scale — /ˌkɒtəni ˈkʊʃən ˌskeɪl/ (say .kotuhnee kooshuhn .skayl) noun a sap sucking scale insect which infests citrus plants …
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
scale — scale1 scaleless, adj. scalelike, adj. /skayl/, n., v., scaled, scaling. n. 1. Zool. a. one of the thin, flat, horny plates forming the covering of certain animals, as snakes, lizards, and pangolins. b. one of the hard, b … Universalium
white scale — noun : any of various white or pale scales: as a. : an oleander scale (Aspidiotus hederae) b. : cottony cushion scale c. : rose scale … Useful english dictionary
fluted scale — noun : cottony cushion scale … Useful english dictionary
air-cushion machine — ▪ vehicle Introduction also called ground effect machine, or hovercraft, any of the machines characterized by movement in which a significant portion of the weight is supported by forces arising from air pressures developed around the… … Universalium
