- scurfy scale
- Entomology: Chionaspis furfura
Универсальный русско-английский словарь. Академик.ру. 2011.
scurfy scale
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scurfy scale — ▪ insect a species of insect in the armoured scale family, Diaspididae (order Homoptera), that is found on shaded trees, giving the bark a scurfy appearance. This insect has gray, pear shaped females (about 3 mm [0.1 inch] long) and smaller … Universalium
scurfy scale — noun : a scale (Chionaspis furfura) injurious to trees (as apple or pear) … Useful english dictionary
elm scurfy scale — noun see elm scale … Useful english dictionary
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
scurfy bark louse — noun : scurfy scale … Useful english dictionary
scurfy — adjective 1. having or producing or covered with scurf • Pertains to noun: ↑scurf • Derivationally related forms: ↑scurf 2. rough to the touch; covered with scales or scurf • Syn: ↑lepidote, ↑leprose, ↑ … Useful english dictionary
elm scale — noun or elm scurfy scale : any of several scales that feed on elm trees; especially : a widely distributed scale (Chionaspis americana) of eastern No. America that feeds on elm and hackberry and has the female covered by a dull white scale often… … Useful english dictionary
bract-scale — ˈ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷ noun : an annual erect succulent herb (Atriplex serenana) of saline soils in the southeastern United States with numerous grayish green sparsely scurfy leaves … Useful english dictionary
shad scale — noun : a scurfy grayish shrub (Atriplex canescens) of the western United States having a dense cluster of minute greenish flowers … Useful english dictionary
chionaspis — ˈnaspə̇s noun Usage: capitalized Etymology: New Latin, from chion + aspis : a genus of scales with elongate often white scales see scurfy scale … Useful english dictionary
Leaf — For other uses, see Leaf (disambiguation). The leaves of a Beech tree … Wikipedia
