Wordnet 3.0
NOUN (1)
1.
any of several insects living on the bark of plants;
[syn: bark-louse, bark louse]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Bark louse \Bark" louse`\ (Zool.)
An insect of the family Coccid[ae], which infests the bark
of trees and vines.
[1913 Webster]
Note: The wingless females assume the shape of scales. The
bark louse of the vine is Pulvinaria innumerabilis;
that of the pear is Lecanium pyri. See Orange
scale.
[1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
bark louse
n 1: any of several insects living on the bark of plants [syn:
bark-louse, bark louse]