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scale insect vs armored scale

armored scale vs scale insect

scale insect and armored scale both are nouns.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
scale insect Yes No No No
armored scale Yes No No No
As nouns, armored scale is a hyponym of scale insect; that is, armored scale is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than scale insect:
  • scale insect: small homopterous insect that usually lives and feeds on plants and secretes a protective waxy covering
  • armored scale: insect having a firm covering of wax especially in the female
Other hyponyms of scale insect include soft scale, wax insect, cochineal, cochineal insect, Dactylopius coccus.
scale insect (noun) armored scale (noun)
small homopterous insect that usually lives and feeds on plants and secretes a protective waxy covering insect having a firm covering of wax especially in the female
Difference between scale insect and armored scale

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