armored scale

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   insect having a firm covering of wax especially in the female

   Broaderscale insect

   NarrowerSan Jose scale

   Part ofDiaspididae

Questions about armored scale

What does armored scale mean?

armored scale means "insect having a firm covering of wax especially in the female".

Is armored scale a common word?

armored scale is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.