SOFT SCALE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does soft scale mean? 

• SOFT SCALE (noun)
  The noun SOFT SCALE has 1 sense:

1. an insect active in all stages

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• SOFT SCALE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

An insect active in all stages

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("soft scale" is a kind of...):

scale insect (small homopterous insect that usually lives and feeds on plants and secretes a protective waxy covering)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "soft scale"):

brown soft scale; Coccus hesperidum (pest on citrus trees)

Holonyms ("soft scale" is a member of...):

Coccidae; family Coccidae (scale insects)