Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A genus of scale-insects, typical of a subfamily Lecaniinæ.
- noun A scale-insect of the genus Lecanium or of an allied genus.
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But I have tasted the honey-like secretion of an Australian lecanium living; on the leaves of Eucalyptus dumosus; and the manna mentioned in Scripture is considered the secretion of Coccus manniparus
Scientific American Supplement, No. 286, June 25, 1881 Various
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The insects - specifically, lecanium scale and, to a lesser extent, kermis scale - range in size from 1/8 - to 1/2-inch long.
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