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scale insect

The correct spelling is scale insect.

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noun

Say it like: Sca-le -ins-ect

The correct spelling is scale insect. Any of the small parasitic insects of the superfamily Coccoidea, that live on plants and sap nutrients from them.

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noun

  1. 1.Any of the small parasitic insects of the superfamily Coccoidea, that live on plants and sap nutrients from them.

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