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Definition: Scale Insect |
Scale InsectNoun1. Small homopterous insect that usually lives and feeds on plants and secretes a protective waxy covering. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
| Domain | Definitions |
Food & Agriculture | A plant-juice sucker whose small, wingless female and also male and female nymphs secrete a scale-like protective covering, e. g. species of Tachardia. Source: European Union. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Crosswords: Scale Insect |
| English words defined with "scale insect": cochineal, cochineal insect, Coffee bug ♦ Dactylopius coccus ♦ Kermes ♦ Manna insect, mealy bug ♦ Red scale ♦ Wax insect, White scale, whitefly. (references) |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
scale insect | 39 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "scale insect"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | skjoldlus (scale insects). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | schildluis (scale insects). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | kilpikirva (scale insects). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
French | poux, kermès, cochenille, coccide. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
German | Schildlaus, Schildinsekt. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | κοκκοειδές. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | cocciniglia (carminic acid 2)carmines, cochineal, E120). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Kanji | 貝殻虫 . (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Katakana | かいがらむし. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | alescay insectay cochonilha (carminic acid 2)carmines, cochineal, E120). (various references) cochinilla (carminic acid 2)carmines, circular black scale, circular purple scale, circular scale, cochineal, E120, Florida red scale, multiped, pill bug, red spotted scale, slater, sow bug, wood louse). (various references) sköldlus. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-c-c-e-e-i-l-n-s-s-t" | |
-1 letter: accentless. | |
-2 letters: acescents, canticles, cineastes, essential, latencies, saliences. | |
-3 letters: acescent, ascetics, calcines, calcites, canticle, celestas, cenacles, centesis, centiles, cineaste, cineasts, clastics, cleanest, cleanses, ecclesia, elastics, elastins, elenctic, etesians, laciness, lateness, licences, licenses, nailsets, salience, salients, saltines, sanicles, scaliest, scanties, scenical, sciences, setlines, silences, stencils, teniases. | |
-4 letters: accents, acetins, ascents, ascetic, ascites, calcine, calcite, calices, cancels, cantles, caseins, castles, catlins, celesta, celiacs, cenacle, centals, centile, cetanes, cineast, classic, clastic, cleanse, clients, easiest, ectases, ectasis, elastic, elastin, encases, enisles, enlaces, enlists, ensiles, entails, entases, entasis, entices, etesian, iceless, incases, incests, inlaces, insects, instals, laciest, lancets, lateens, latices, leanest, lectins, licence, license, licente, lineate, lisente, listees, listens, nailset, nasties, nestles, netless, salient, salines, salties, saltine, sanicle, sateens, scalene, scaleni, science, seances, secants, sectile, selects, selenic, senates, senecas, seniles, sensate, sestina, sestine, setline, silanes, silence, silents, slainte, stances, stencil, tansies, teasels, telesis, tenaces, tenails, tensile, tieless, tincals, tinsels, tisanes. | |
-5 letters: accent, access, acetic, acetin, actins, aisles, aliens, alines, aneles, anises, antics, ascent, assent, atelic, calces, cancel, cantic, cantle, caseic, casein, castes, castle, catlin, ceases, celiac, censes, centai, cental, centas, cestas, cetane, cicale, clasts, cleans, cleats, client, clines, easels, easies, ecesis, eclats, elains, elates, elects, elints, elites, enacts, enates, enatic, encase, enisle, enlace, enlist, ensile, entail, entice, incase, incest, inlace, inlets, insect, insets, instal, islets, istles, lactic, lances, lancet, lassie, lateen, latens, leases, leasts, lectin, lenses, lentic, lessen, lianes, linacs, listee, listen, nastic, nestle, nicest, nieces, saices, saints, saline, saltie, sanest, sanies, sansei, sateen, satins, scales, scants, scenas, scenes, scenic, scents, seance, secant, seines, select, senate, seneca, senile, siccan, siesta, silane, silent, slants, slates, sleets, slices, sliest, snails, stains, stales, stance, stanes, steals, steels, steins, stelae, stelai, steles, stelic, stiles, tassel, tassie, teasel, teases, tenace, tenail, teniae, tenias, tenses, teslas, ticals, tincal, tineal, tineas, tinsel, tisane. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-c-c-e-e-i-l-n-s-s-t" | |
+3 letters: accidentalness, conceptualises, criticalnesses, translucencies. | |
+4 letters: complicatedness, eclaircissement, practicableness, practicalnesses. | |
+5 letters: accidentalnesses, accumulativeness, eclaircissements. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)53 63 61 6C 65 49 6E 73 65 63 74 |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01010011 01100011 01100001 01101100 01100101 00100000 01001001 01101110 01110011 01100101 01100011 01110100 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)S c a l e   I n s e c t |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0053 0063 0061 006C 0065 0049 006E 0073 0065 0063 0074 |
Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)53696778712438085716986 |
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