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Ametabolian :: Ametabolian (a.) Of or pertaining to insects that do undergo any metamorphosis.

Teneral :: Teneral (a.) Of, pertaining to, or designating, a condition assumed by the imago of certain Neuroptera, after exclusion from the pupa. In this state the insect is soft, and has not fully attained its mature coloring..

Oviposition :: Oviposition (n.) The depositing of eggs, esp. by insects..

Pentail :: Pentail (n.) A peculiar insectivore (Ptilocercus Lowii) of Borneo; -- so called from its very long, quill-shaped tail, which is scaly at the base and plumose at the tip..

Water Mite :: Water mite () Any of numerous species of aquatic mites belonging to Hydrachna and allied genera of the family Hydrachnidae, usually having the legs fringed and adapted for swimming. They are often red or red and black in color, and while young are parasites of fresh-water insects and mussels. Called also water tick, and water spider..

Forceps :: Forceps (n.) The caudal forceps-shaped appendage of earwigs and some other insects. See Earwig.

Thornbill :: Thornbill (n.) Any one of several species of small, brilliantly colored American birds of the genus Rhamphomicron. They have a long, slender, sharp bill, and feed upon honey, insects, and the juice of the sugar cane..

Endosternite :: Endosternite (n.) The part of each apodeme derived from the intersternal membrane in Crustacea and insects.

Web :: Web (n.) The texture of very fine thread spun by a spider for catching insects at its prey; a cobweb.

Musca :: Musca (n.) A genus of dipterous insects, including the common house fly, and numerous allied species..

Bite :: Bite (v. t.) To puncture, abrade, or sting with an organ (of some insects) used in taking food..

Areolation :: Areolation (n.) Any small space, bounded by some part different in color or structure, as the spaces bounded by the nervures of the wings of insects, or those by the veins of leaves; an areola..

Trunk :: Trunk (n.) The proboscis of an insect.

Aptera :: Aptera (n. pl.) Insects without wings, constituting the seventh Linnaen order of insects, an artificial group, which included Crustacea, spiders, centipeds, and even worms. These animals are now placed in several distinct classes and orders..

Insectator :: Insectator (n.) A pursuer; a persecutor; a censorious critic.

Galea :: Galea (n.) The anterior, outer process of the second joint of the maxillae in certain insects..

Lingua :: Lingua (n.) A median process of the labium, at the under side of the mouth in insects, and serving as a tongue..

Trochantine :: Trochantine (n.) The second joint of the leg of an insect, -- often united with the coxa..

Lepidoptera :: Lepidoptera (n. pl.) An order of insects, which includes the butterflies and moths. They have broad wings, covered with minute overlapping scales, usually brightly colored..

Spur :: Spur (n.) Any stiff, sharp spine, as on the wings and legs of certain burds, on the legs of insects, etc.; especially, the spine on a cock's leg..

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