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Definition of insect
Thanks for using this online dictionary, we have been helping millions of people improve their use of the english language with its free online services. English definition of insect is as below...
Insect
(n.) Any small
crustacean.
In a wider
sense,
the word is often
loosely
applied
to
various
small
invertebrates..
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Ulonata
::
Ulonata
(n. pl.) A
division
of
insects
nearly
equivalent
to the true
Orthoptera.
Tibia
::
Tibia (n.) The
fourth
joint of the leg of an
insect.
See
Illust.
under
Coleoptera,
and under
Hexapoda..
Propodium
::
Propodium
(n.) The
segment
which forms the
posterior
part of the
thorax
of a
hymenopterous
insect.
Ommateum
::
Ommateum
(n.) A
compound
eye, as of
insects
and
crustaceans..
Locust
::
Locust
(n.) Any one of
numerous
species
of
long-winged,
migratory,
orthopterous
insects,
of the
family
Acrididae,
allied
to the
grasshoppers;
esp.,
(Edipoda,
/
Pachytylus,
migratoria,
and
Acridium
perigrinum,
of
Southern
Europe,
Asia, and
Africa.
In the
United
States
the
related
species
with
similar
habits
are
usually
called
grasshoppers.
See
Grasshopper..
Phryganeides
::
Phryganeides
(n. pl.) A tribe of
neuropterous
insects
which
includes
the
caddice
flies;
--
called
also
Trichoptera.
See
Trichoptera.
Gena
::
Gena () The part of the head to which the jaws of an
insect
are
attached.
Imitate
::
Imitate
(v. t.) To
resemble
(another
species
of
animal,
or a
plant,
or
inanimate
object)
in form,
color,
ornamentation,
or
instinctive
habits,
so as to
derive
an
advantage
thereby;
sa, when a
harmless
snake
imitates
a
venomous
one in color and
manner,
or when an
odorless
insect
imitates,
in
color,
one
having
secretion
offensive
to
birds..
Labial
::
Labial
(a.) Of or
pertaining
to the
labium;
as, the
labial
palpi of
insects.
See
Labium..
Clearwing
::
Clearwing
(n.) A
lepidopterous
insect
with
partially
transparent
wings,
of the
family
Aegeriadae,
of which the
currant
and
peach-tree
borers
are
examples..
Miner
::
Miner (n.) Any of
numerous
insects
which,
in the
larval
state,
excavate
galleries
in the
parenchyma
of
leaves.
They are
mostly
minute
moths and
dipterous
flies..
Pseudoneuroptera
::
Pseudoneuroptera
(n. pl.)
division
of
insects
(Zool.)
reticulated
wings,
as in the
Neuroptera,
but
having
an
active
pupa
state.
It
includes
the
dragon
flies,
May
flies,
white ants, etc. By some
zoologists
they are
classed
with the
Orthoptera;
by
others,
with the
Neuroptera..
Bore
::
Bore (v. i.) To make a hole or
perforation
with, or as with, a
boring
instrument;
to cut a
circular
hole by the
rotary
motion
of a tool; as, to bore for water or oil (i. e., to sink a well by
boring
for water or oil); to bore with a
gimlet;
to bore into a tree (as
insects)..
Scutellum
::
Scutellum
(n.) The third of the four
pieces
forming
the upper part of a
thoracic
segment
of an
insect.
It
follows
the
scutum,
and is
followed
by the small
postscutellum;
a
scutella.
See
Thorax..
Bulau
::
Bulau (n.) An East
Indian
insectivorous
mammal
(Gymnura
Rafflesii),
somewhat
like a rat in
appearance,
but
allied
to the
hedgehog..
Air Vessel
::
Air
vessel
() A
vessel,
cell, duct, or tube
containing
or
conducting
air; as the air
vessels
of
insects,
birds,
plants,
etc.; the air
vessel
of a pump,
engine,
etc. For the
latter,
see Air
chamber.
The air
vessels
of
insects
are
called
tracheae,
of
plants
spiral
vessels..
Elater
::
Elater
(n.) The
caudal
spring
used by
Podura
and
related
insects
for
leaping.
See
Collembola.
Intersternal
::
Intersternal
(a.)
Between
the
sternal;
-- said of
certain
membranes
or parts of
insects
and
crustaceans.
Spattling-poppy
::
Spattling-poppy
(n.) A kind of
catchfly
(Silene
inflata)
which is
sometimes
frothy
from the
action
of
captured
insects.
Postscutellum
::
Postscutellum
(n.) The
hindermost
dorsal
piece of a
thoracic
somite
of an
insect;
the plate
behind
the
scutellum.
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