Usually means: Pest affecting fruit trees, crops.
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  1. San Jose scale, San Jose scale: Merriam-Webster
  2. San Jose scale: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
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  9. San Jos'e scale, san jose scale: Dictionary.com
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▸ noun:  A hemipterous insect (Quadraspidiotus perniciosus) that damages many fruit crops.

Similar:
aspidiotus perniciosus, pear psylla, Mediterranean fruit fly, scale, pear slug, pinacate bug, apple borer, peach fruit moth, felt scale, plum curculio, more...

Opposite:
unsanitary, clean, hygienic, sterile

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Similar:
aspidiotus perniciosus, pear psylla, Mediterranean fruit fly, scale, pear slug, pinacate bug, apple borer, peach fruit moth, felt scale, plum curculio, more...

Opposite:
unsanitary, clean, hygienic, sterile



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