SCALE INSECT

Meaning of SCALE INSECT in English

■ noun a small bug which secretes a protective shield-like scale and spends its life attached to a single plant. [Family Coccidae: many species.]

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SCALE INSECT — noun Date: 1840 any of numerous small prolific homopterous insects (superfamily Coccoidea) that have winged males, wingless scale-covered females attached …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
SCALE INSECT — Any member of several families of sap-sucking The eggs are protected by the female's body or scale or a waxy …
Английский словарь Британика
SCALE INSECT — noun or scale louse Etymology: scale (V) : scale V 8a
Webster's New International English Dictionary
SCALE INSECT — any of numerous small, plant-sucking homopterous insects of the superfamily Coccoidea, the males of which are winged and the females …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
SCALE INSECT — type of insect that attaches itself to a plant and feeds on the leaves
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
SCALE INSECT — Date: 1840 : any of numerous small prolific homopterous insects (superfamily Coccoidea) that have winged males, wingless scale-covered females attached …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
SCALE INSECT — Function: noun Date: 1840 : any of numerous small prolific homopterous insects (superfamily Coccoidea) that have winged males, wingless scale-covered …
Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary
SCALE INSECT — [scale insect] n (1840): any of numerous small but very prolific homopterous insects (superfamily Coccoidea) that have winged males, wingless …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
SCALE INSECT — any member of several families of the insect order Homoptera. The females are wingless, with reduced legs and antennae; the …
Britannica English vocabulary
SCALE INSECT — Any member of several families of sap-sucking insects (order Homoptera) whose bodies are covered by a waxy shell (the scale). …
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
SCALE INSECT — Any of various small insects of the superfamily Coccoidea (suborder Homoptera, order Hemiptera). Female scale insects secrete a waxy scale. …
English Glossary of Entomology and Crop Protection
INSECT — insect- see insecar
Interlingua English vocab
INSECT — Any member of the class Insecta, the largest arthropod class, including nearly 1 million known species (about three-fourths of all …
Английский словарь Британика
SCALE — I. ˈskāl, esp before pause or consonant -āəl noun ( -s ) Etymology: Middle English scale, scole, from Old Norse …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
INSECT — I. ˈinˌsekt noun ( -s ) Etymology: Latin insectum, from neuter of insectus, past participle of insecare to cut into, …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
INSECT — (a.) Like an insect; small; mean; ephemeral.
Английский словарь Webster
INSECT — (a.) Of or pertaining to an insect or insects.
Английский словарь Webster
INSECT — ( a. ) Of or pertaining to an insect or insects.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
INSECT — ( a. ) Like an insect; small; mean; ephemeral.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
SCALE — scale 1 — scaleless , adj. — scalelike , adj. /skayl/ , n. , v. , scaled, scaling . n. …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
INSECT — — insectival /in'sek tuy"veuhl/ , adj. /in"sekt/ , n. 1. any animal of the class Insecta, comprising small, air-breathing arthropods …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
INSECT — n. member of a group of very small invertebrate animals having segmented bodies and three pairs of legs, bug; very …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
SCALE — I. ˈskāl noun Etymology: Middle English scole, scale bowl, scale of a balance, from Old Norse skāl; akin to Old …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
INSECT — noun Etymology: Latin insectum, from neuter of insectus, past participle of insecare to cut into, from in- + secare to …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
SCALE — noun a scale insect. (·see below.). 2. scale ·noun the sign or constellation libra. 3. scale ·noun a ladder; a …
Webster English vocab
INSECT — adj like an insect; small; mean; ephemeral. 2. insect ·adj of or pertaining to an insect or insects. 3. insect …
Webster English vocab
SCALE — [scale] n [ME, bowl, scale of a balance, fr. ON skal; akin to ON skel shell--more at shell] (14c) 1 …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
INSECT — [in.sect] n [L insectum, fr. neut. of insectus, pp. of insecare to cut into, fr. in- + secare to cut--more …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
SCALE — in music, any graduated sequence of notes, tones, or intervals dividing what is called an octave. The specific selection of …
Britannica English vocabulary
INSECT
Britannica English vocabulary
INSECT — insect BrE AmE ˈɪn sekt ▷ insect|s s
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
SCALE — / skeɪl; NAmE / noun , verb ■ noun SIZE 1. [ sing. , U ] scale (of sth) the …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
INSECT — / ˈɪnsekt; NAmE / noun any small creature with six legs and a body divided into three parts. Insects usually …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
SCALE — I. scale 1 S2 W2 /skeɪl/ BrE AmE noun 1 . SIZE/LEVEL [singular, uncountable] the size or level of something, …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
INSECT — in ‧ sect W3 /ˈɪnsekt/ BrE AmE noun [countable] [ Date: 1600-1700 ; Language: Latin ; Origin: insectum , from …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
INSECT — n. 1 a any arthropod of the class Insecta, having a head, thorax, abdomen, two antennae, three pairs of thoracic …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
INSECT — n. 1 a any arthropod of the class Insecta, having a head, thorax, abdomen, two antennae, three pairs of thoracic …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
SCALE — 1. n. & v. --n. 1. each of the small thin bony or horny overlapping plates protecting the skin of …
Oxford English vocab
INSECT — n.1 a any arthropod of the class Insecta, having a head, thorax, abdomen, two antennae, three pairs of thoracic legs, …
Oxford English vocab
SCALE — ( scales, scaling, scaled) Frequency: The word is one of the 1500 most common words in English. 1. If you …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
INSECT — ( insects) An insect is a small animal that has six legs. Most insects have wings. Ants, flies, butterflies, and …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
SCALE — I. noun COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a scale drawing (= showing the correct relative sizes of things ) ▪ The …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
INSECT — noun COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES insect/mosquito/bug etc repellent stick insect ▪ young models who look like stick insects are very …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
INSECT — [noun] [C] - a type of very small air-breathing animal with six legs, a body divided into three parts and …
Cambridge English vocab
INSECT — n. Any member of the class Insecta, the largest arthropod class, including nearly 1 million known species (about three-fourths of …
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
SCALE — Synonyms and related words : Danish balance, Indian file, Lambert conformal projection, Mercator projection, Miller projection, Roman balance, Weightometer, accommodation …
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
INSECT — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ flying , winged ▪ aquatic ▪ beneficial ▪ Unfortunately, pesticides kill off beneficial ~s as well as …
Oxford Collocations English Dictionary
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Concise Oxford Thesaurus English vocabulary
SCALE — I 1. сущ. 1) а) собир. чешуя (рыб и т. п.) б) чешуйка 2) шелуха, тонкая пленка Syn : husk, …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
SCALE — scale.ogg _I 1. skeıl n 1. 1> чаш(к)а весов to turn the scale at - весить ( столько-то ) he …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
INSECT — insect.ogg ʹınsekt n 1> насекомое a swarm of insects - рой насекомых insect bite - укус насекомого 2> ничтожество
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
SCALE — 1) окалина; нагар; изгарь; плена; накипь 2) образовывать окалину или накипь 3) удалять окалину или накипь 4) неочищенный парафин 5) …
Большой Англо-Русский политехнический словарь
SCALE — 1) окалина; нагар; изгарь; плена; накипь 2) образовывать окалину или накипь 3) удалять окалину или накипь 4) неочищенный парафин 5) шкала 6) штриховая мера длины; …
Большой Англо-Русский политехнический словарь - РУССО
SCALE — 1) весы 2) градуировать 3) деление 4) дозатор 5) изгарина 6) измерять масштаб 7) масштаб 8) масштабировать 9) масштабный 10) накипной 11) накипь 12) неочищенный 13) окалина 14) приводить к масштабу 15) размах 16) размер 17) …
Англо-Русский научно-технический словарь
INSECT — insect сущ.1) насекомое insects bite — насекомые кусают insects crawl, creep — насекомые ползают insects fly — насекомые летают a …
Англо-Русский словарь Tiger
SCALE — _I 1. skeıl n 1. 1> чаш(к)а весов to turn the scale at - весить ( столько-то ) he tips …
Большой новый Англо-Русский словарь
INSECT — n 1> насекомое a swarm of insects - рой насекомых insect bite - укус насекомого 2> ничтожество
Большой новый Англо-Русский словарь
SCALE — I 1. сущ. 1) а) собир. чешуя ( рыб и т. п. ) б) чешуйка 2) шелуха, тонкая пленка Syn: …
Англо-Русский словарь по общей лексике
INSECT — сущ. 1) насекомое insects bite — насекомые кусают insects crawl, creep — насекомые ползают insects fly — насекомые летают a …
Англо-Русский словарь по общей лексике
SCALE — I 1. сущ. 1) а) собир. чешуя (рыб и т. п.) б) чешуйка 2) шелуха, тонкая пленка Syn: husk, peel 3) а) зубной камень Syn: tartar б) осадок; накипь, минеральные отложения; тех. …
Англо-Русский словарь общей лексики
SCALE — 1) шкала; масштаб || масштабировать 2) масштабная линейка 3) окалина; нагар ( напр. отливки ) 4) pl весы 5) чашка …
Англо-Русский словарь по машиностроению и автоматизации производства 2
SCALE — 1) шкала; масштаб || масштабировать 2) масштабная линейка 3) окалина; нагар (напр. отливки) 4) pl весы 5) чашка весов • in full scale — в масштабе …
Англо-Русский словарь по машиностроению и автоматизации производства
SCALE — 1) шкала; масштаб 2) чешуя; чешуйка 3) pl червецы, щитовки (Coccoidea) • - armored scales - arrowhead scale - azalea bark scale - barnacle scale - beech scale - …
Новый Англо-Русский словарь по биологии
INSECT — насекомое; pl насекомые (Insecta) - apterous insects - armored scale insects - beneficial insect - blood-sucking insects - cochineal insect - cuckoo spit insects - destructive insect - …
Новый Англо-Русский словарь по биологии

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