lac insect

[ lak ]

noun

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

lac insect

/ læk /

noun

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

Example Sentences

Lac, lak, n. a dark-red transparent resin produced on the twigs of trees in the East by the lac insect, used in dyeing.—adj.

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On this account and also because of the sin committed in killing them, no Hindu caste will propagate the lac insect, and the calling is practised only by Gonds, Korkus and other primitive tribes.

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The caste are usually petty cultivators and labourers, while they also collect grass and fuel for sale, and propagate the lac insect.

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For an account of the lac insect see in the Philosophical Transactions Volume 71 page 374 a paper by Mr. James Kerr.

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Close to the river we passed a small field of Cajanus, used for feeding the lac insect. 

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