WAX INSECT

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (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)

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