soft scale

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Synonyms: softscape, short scale

Antonyms: softscape, short scale

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Noun

1. {{lb|en|botany|entomology}} Any immobile insect that [[anchor]]s a strawlike [[mouthpart]] to feed on plant [[phloem]] or [[sap]], of infraorder {{taxlink|Coccomorpha|infraorder}} or superfamily {{taxfmt|Coccoidea|superfamily}}.

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