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Antenniferous :: Antenniferous (a.) Bearing or having antennae.

Ischiocerite :: Ischiocerite (n.) The third joint or the antennae of the Crustacea.

Redhorn :: Redhorn (n.) Any species of a tribe of butterflies (Fugacia) including the common yellow species and the cabbage butterflies. The antennae are usually red.

Serricorn :: Serricorn (n.) Any one of a numerous tribe of beetles (Serricornia). The joints of the antennae are prominent, thus producing a serrate appearance. See Illust. under Antenna..

Scaphocerite :: Scaphocerite (n.) A flattened plate or scale attached to the second joint of the antennae of many Crustacea.

Biserrate :: Biserrate (a.) Serrate on both sides, as some antennae..

Acerous :: Acerous (a.) Without antennae, as some insects..

Extra-ocular :: Extra-ocular (a.) Inserted exterior to the eyes; -- said of the antennae of certain insects.

Nematocera :: Nematocera (n. pl.) A suborder of dipterous insects, having long antennae, as the mosquito, gnat, and crane fly; -- called also Nemocera..

Antennae :: Antennae (pl. ) of Antenn.

Incrassated :: Incrassated (a.) Swelled out on some particular part, as the antennae of certain insects..

Lamellated :: Lamellated (a.) Composed of, or furnished with, thin plates or scales. See Illust. of Antennae..

Nereis :: Nereis (n.) A genus, including numerous species, of marine chaetopod annelids, having a well-formed head, with two pairs of eyes, antennae, four pairs of tentacles, and a protrusile pharynx, armed with a pair of hooked jaws..

Prawn :: Prawn (n.) Any one of numerous species of large shrimplike Crustacea having slender legs and long antennae. They mostly belong to the genera Pandalus, Palaemon, Palaemonetes, and Peneus, and are much used as food. The common English prawn is Palaemon serratus..

Lamellicorn :: Lamellicorn (a.) Terminating in a group of flat lamellae; -- said of antennae.

Fimbricate :: Fimbricate (a.) fringed, on one side only, by long, straight hairs, as the antennae of certain insects..

Rhopalocera :: Rhopalocera (n. pl.) A division of Lepidoptera including all the butterflies. They differ from other Lepidoptera in having club-shaped antennae.

Heterocera :: Heterocera (n. pl.) A division of Lepidoptera, including the moths, and hawk moths, which have the antennae variable in form..

Clavicorn :: Clavicorn (a.) Having club-shaped antennae. See Antenna.

Myriapoda :: Myriapoda (n. pl.) A class, or subclass, of arthropods, related to the hexapod insects, from which they differ in having the body made up of numerous similar segments, nearly all of which bear true jointed legs. They have one pair of antennae, three pairs of mouth organs, and numerous trachaae, similar to those of true insects. The larvae, when first hatched, often have but three pairs of legs. See Centiped, Galleyworm, Milliped..

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