SAN JOSE SCALE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does San Jose scale mean? 

• SAN JOSE SCALE (noun)
  The noun SAN JOSE SCALE has 1 sense:

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

  Familiarity information: SAN JOSE SCALE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SAN JOSE SCALE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

Aspidiotus perniciosus; San Jose scale

Hypernyms ("San Jose scale" is a kind of...):

armored scale (insect having a firm covering of wax especially in the female)

Holonyms ("San Jose scale" is a member of...):

Aspidiotus; genus Aspidiotus (a genus of Diaspididae)