lac insect

[ lak ]
/ læk /

noun

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

Words nearby lac insect

labyrinthine vertigo, labyrinthitis, labyrinthodont, labyrinthotomy, lac, lac insect, lacan, laccadive islands, laccadive, minicoy, and amindivi islands, laccolith, lace

British Dictionary definitions for lac insect

lac insect
/ (læk) /

noun

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