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noun • resinlike substance secreted by certain lac insects; used in e.g. varnishes and sealing wax | ||||
| 27% | 5 | Exudation obtained from some scale insects | ||
noun • any of a class of solid or semisolid viscous substances obtained either as exudations from certain plants or prepared by polymerization of simple molecules | ||||
| 24% | 6 | A genus of insects in the family Coccidae, commonly known as scale insects | ||
noun • woolly-haired monkey-like arboreal marsupial of New Guinea and northern Australia | ||||
Scale Insects Secretion
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