aspidiotus perniciosus

1. 1.

   small east Asian insect naturalized in the United States that damages fruit trees

   SynonymsSan Jose scale

   Broaderarmored scale

   Part ofAspidiotus

Questions about aspidiotus perniciosus

What does aspidiotus perniciosus mean?

aspidiotus perniciosus means "small east Asian insect naturalized in the United States that damages fruit trees".

What is another word for aspidiotus perniciosus?

Close synonyms include San Jose scale. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is aspidiotus perniciosus a common word?

aspidiotus perniciosus 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.