brown soft scale

noun

Coccus hesperidum.

Similar
turtle-insectCoccus hesperidum

Meanings

nounbrown soft scale (plural brown soft scales)

plural brown soft scales

  1. Coccus hesperidum.

    Synonyms: turtle-insect

Synonyms & antonyms

nounCoccus hesperidum.

More synonyms by meaning

nounpest on citrus trees

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Coccus hesperidum
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Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

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APA

brown soft scale. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/brown%20soft%20scale

MLA

“brown soft scale.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/brown%20soft%20scale. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “brown soft scale,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/brown%20soft%20scale.

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