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Lamellicorn :: Lamellicorn (a.) Having antennae terminating in a group of flat lamellae; -- said of certain coleopterous insects.

Ametabolous :: Ametabolous (a.) Not undergoing any metamorphosis; as, ametabolic insects..

Cimex :: Cimex (n.) A genus of hemipterous insects of which the bedbug is the best known example. See Bedbug.

Phaneroglossal :: Phaneroglossal (a.) Having a conspicious tongue; -- said of certain reptiles and insects.

Insected :: Insected (a.) Pertaining to, having the nature of, or resembling, an insect..

Lindiform :: Lindiform (a.) Resembling the genus Lindia; -- said of certain apodous insect larvae.

Blight :: Blight (n.) A downy species of aphis, or plant louse, destructive to fruit trees, infesting both the roots and branches; -- also applied to several other injurious insects..

Microscopical :: Microscopical (a.) Very small; visible only by the aid of a microscope; as, a microscopic insect..

Vitelligenous :: Vitelligenous (a.) Producing yolk, or vitelline substance; -- applied to certain cells (also called nutritive, or yolk, cells) formed in the ovaries of many insects, and supposed to supply nutriment to the developing ova..

Thelytokous :: Thelytokous (a.) Producing females only; -- said of certain female insects.

Hair :: Hair (n.) A slender outgrowth from the chitinous cuticle of insects, spiders, crustaceans, and other invertebrates. Such hairs are totally unlike those of vertebrates in structure, composition, and mode of growth..

Marbling :: Marbling (n.) Distinct markings resembling the variegations of marble, as on birds and insects..

Mucivore :: Mucivore (n.) An insect which feeds on mucus, or the sap of plants, as certain Diptera, of the tribe Mucivora..

Intersternal :: Intersternal (a.) Between the sternal; -- said of certain membranes or parts of insects and crustaceans.

Brain :: Brain (n.) The anterior or cephalic ganglion in insects and other invertebrates.

Vespertiliones :: Vespertiliones (n. pl.) A tribe of bats including the common insectivorous bats of America and Europe, belonging to Vespertilio and allied genera. They lack a nose membrane..

Trunk :: Trunk (n.) That segment of the body of an insect which is between the head and abdomen, and bears the wings and legs; the thorax; the truncus..

Coprophagous :: Coprophagous (a.) Feeding upon dung, as certain insects..

Talpa :: Talpa (n.) A genus of small insectivores including the common European mole.

Insecta :: Insecta (n. pl.) One of the classes of Arthropoda, including those that have one pair of antennae, three pairs of mouth organs, and breathe air by means of tracheae, opening by spiracles along the sides of the body. In this sense it includes the Hexapoda, or six-legged insects and the Myriapoda, with numerous legs. See Insect, n..

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