family diaspididae

English Thesaurus

1. armored scales (noun.animal)

hypernym	:	arthropod family,
definition	:	any of the arthropods (noun.animal)

member holonym	:	armored scale,
definition	:	insect having a firm covering of wax especially in the female (noun.animal)

member holonym	:	aspidiotus, genus aspidiotus,
definition	:	a genus of Diaspididae (noun.animal)

member meronym	:	coccoidea, superfamily coccoidea,
definition	:	scale insects and mealybugs (noun.animal)