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oystershell scale

[ oi-ster-shel ]

noun

  1. a scale insect, Lepidosaphes ulmi, having a scale shaped like the shell of an oyster, which infests various deciduous trees and shrubs.


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Word History and Origins

Origin of oystershell scale1

An Americanism dating back to 1875–80; oyster + shell

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