蚧壳虫
jiè​ké​chóng

scale insect

  • created sense approved 蚧壳虫/蚧殼蟲 · jiè​ké​chóng · scale insect — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    蚧壳虫 / 蚧殼蟲

    jiè​ké​chóng

    scale insect

    any of various small insects of the superfamily Coccoidea that attach themselves to plants and suck their sap, often covered by a protective waxy shell

    蚧 (bound) → 蚧 · jiè · [scale insect] 壳 (literal) → 壳/殼 · ké · shell 虫 (literal) → 虫/蟲 · chóng · insect

    Changed: simplified, traditional, gloss, definition, pinyin, variant pinyin, variants, separable parts, decomposition

    created sense