# die Schildlaus

die Schildlaus is a German noun meaning “scale”. Forms: der Schildlaus, die Schildläuse.

## Forms

- Genitive: der Schildlaus
- Plural: die Schildläuse

## In other languages

- Русский: щитовка яблоневая запятовидная
- Українська: червець

## Meanings

1. scale (insect)
2. scale; scale insect
   - „Schellack ist die Scheiße von Schildläusen.“

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