- red wax scale
- Entomology: Ceroplastes rubens
Универсальный русско-английский словарь. Академик.ру. 2011.
Универсальный русско-английский словарь. Академик.ру. 2011.
florida wax scale — noun Usage: usually capitalized F : a wax scale (Ceroplastes floridensis) having a red body and a white waxy covering and sometimes becoming a destructive pest on cultivated plants in the southeastern United States … Useful english dictionary
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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
White wax — White White (hw[imac]t), a. [Compar. {Whiter} (hw[imac]t [ e]r); superl. {Whitest}.] [OE. whit, AS. hw[imac]t; akin to OFries. and OS. hw[=i]t, D. wit, G. weiss, OHG. w[=i]z, hw[=i]z, Icel. hv[=i]tr, Sw. hvit, Dan. hvid, Goth. hweits, Lith.… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
White scale — White White (hw[imac]t), a. [Compar. {Whiter} (hw[imac]t [ e]r); superl. {Whitest}.] [OE. whit, AS. hw[imac]t; akin to OFries. and OS. hw[=i]t, D. wit, G. weiss, OHG. w[=i]z, hw[=i]z, Icel. hv[=i]tr, Sw. hvit, Dan. hvid, Goth. hweits, Lith.… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
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homopteran — /heuh mop teuhr euhn, hoh /, adj. 1. homopterous. n. 2. a homopterous insect. [1835 45; see HOMOPTEROUS, AN] * * * ▪ insect order Introduction any of more than 32,000 species of sucking insects, the members of which exhibit considerable… … Universalium
diplomatics — /dip leuh mat iks/, n. (used with a sing. v.) the science of deciphering old official documents, as charters, and of determining their authenticity, age, or the like. [1785 95; see DIPLOMATIC, ICS] * * * ▪ study of documents Introduction… … Universalium
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