lac insect

American  

[lak] / læk /

noun

1. a scale insect, Laccifer lacca, of southeast Asia, the female of which secretes lac, a substance used in the preparation of shellac, wax, etc.

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lac insect British  

/ læk /

noun

1. any of various homopterous insects of the family Lacciferidae, esp Laccifer lacca of India, the females of which secrete lac

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Example Sentences

For an account of the lac insect see in the Philosophical Transactions Volume 71 page 374 a paper by Mr. James Kerr.

From The History of Sumatra Containing An Account Of The Government, Laws, Customs And Manners Of The Native Inhabitants by Marsden, William

The caste are usually petty cultivators and labourers, while they also collect grass and fuel for sale, and propagate the lac insect.

From The Tribes and Castes of the Central Provinces of India - Volume IV of IV Kumhar-Yemkala by Russell, R. V. (Robert Vane)

Lac, lak, n. a dark-red transparent resin produced on the twigs of trees in the East by the lac insect, used in dyeing.—adj.

From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 2 of 4: E-M) by Various