A word or phrase by which anything is likened, in one or
more of its aspects, to something else; a similitude; a poetical or
imaginative comparison.
An insect of the family Coccidæ, which infests the bark of trees and vines. Note: The wingless females assume the shape of scales. The bark louse of vine is Pulvinaria innumerabilis; that of the pear is Lecanium pyri. See Orange scale....
