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Libellulid :: Libellulid (n.) A dragon fly.

Firefly :: Firefly (n.) Any luminous winged insect, esp. luminous beetles of the family Lampyridae..

Rattle :: Rattle (n.) The noise in the throat produced by the air in passing through mucus which the lungs are unable to expel; -- chiefly observable at the approach of death, when it is called the death rattle. See R/le..

Wheeled :: Wheeled (a.) Having wheels; -- used chiefly in composition; as, a four-wheeled carriage..

Crepusculous :: Crepusculous (a.) Flying in the twilight or evening, or before sunrise; -- said certain birds and insects..

Berna Fly :: Berna fly () A Brazilian dipterous insect of the genus Trypeta, which lays its eggs in the nostrils or in wounds of man and beast, where the larvae do great injury..

Briefly :: Briefly (adv.) Concisely; in few words.

Down :: Down (prep.) A tract of poor, sandy, undulating or hilly land near the sea, covered with fine turf which serves chiefly for the grazing of sheep; -- usually in the plural..

Tin :: Tin (n.) An elementary substance found as an oxide in the mineral cassiterite, and reduced as a soft white crystalline metal, malleable at ordinary temperatures, but brittle when heated. It is not easily oxidized in the air, and is used chiefly to coat iron to protect it from rusting, in the form of tin foil with mercury to form the reflective surface of mirrors, and in solder, bronze, speculum metal, and other alloys. Its compounds are designated as stannous, or stannic. Symbol Sn (Stannum). At

Hemimetabolic :: Hemimetabolic (a.) Having an incomplete metamorphosis, the larvae differing from the adults chiefly in laking wings, as in the grasshoppers and cockroaches..

Counter :: Counter (adv.) Contrary; in opposition; in an opposite direction; contrariwise; -- used chiefly with run or go.

Wallbird :: Wallbird (n.) The spotted flycatcher.

Cleg :: Cleg (n.) A small breeze or horsefly.

Diptera :: Diptera (n. pl.) An extensive order of insects having only two functional wings and two balancers, as the house fly, mosquito, etc. They have a suctorial proboscis, often including two pairs of sharp organs (mandibles and maxillae) with which they pierce the skin of animals. They undergo a complete metamorphosis, their larvae (called maggots) being usually without feet..

Filigree :: Filigree (n.) Ornamental work, formerly with grains or breads, but now composed of fine wire and used chiefly in decorating gold and silver to which the wire is soldered, being arranged in designs frequently of a delicate and intricate arabesque pattern..

Caste :: Caste (n.) A separate and fixed order or class of persons in society who chiefly hold intercourse among themselves.

Fly :: Fly (v. i.) To move suddenly, or with violence; to do an act suddenly or swiftly; -- usually with a qualifying word; as, a door flies open; a bomb flies apart..

Elapse :: Elapse (v. i.) To slip or glide away; to pass away silently, as time; -- used chiefly in reference to time..

Trichinize :: Trichinize (v. t.) To render trichinous; to affect with trichinae; -- chiefly used in the past participle; as, trichinized pork..

Copal :: Copal () A resinous substance flowing spontaneously from trees of Zanzibar, Madagascar, and South America (Trachylobium Hornemannianum, T. verrucosum, and Hymenaea Courbaril), and dug from earth where forests have stood in Africa; -- used chiefly in making varnishes..

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