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(ARTHROPODA: Insecta)Scales distinguished from clothing scales by their extreme length, sometimes called hairs; see androconia.
Online Dictionary of Invertebrate Zoology. A.R. Maggenti and S.L. Gardne. 2005.
scent scales
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