WAX INSECT

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does wax insect mean? 

• WAX INSECT (noun)
  The noun WAX INSECT has 1 sense:

1. any of various insects that secrete a waxy substance

  Familiarity information: WAX INSECT used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• WAX INSECT (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Any of various insects that secrete a waxy substance

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("wax insect" is a kind of...):

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