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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..

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

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

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

Taxicorn :: Taxicorn (n.) One of a family of beetles (Taxicornes) whose antennae are largest at the tip. Also used adjectively.

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

Dentated :: Dentated (a.) Having teeth or toothlike points. See Illust. of Antennae.

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

Filiform :: Filiform (a.) Having the shape of a thread or filament; as, the filiform papillae of the tongue; a filiform style or peduncle. See Illust. of AntennAe..

Clavated :: Clavated (a.) Club-shaped; having the form of a club; growing gradually thicker toward the top. [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..

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

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..

Scape :: Scape (n.) The long basal joint of the antennae of an insect.

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

Interocular :: Interocular (a.) Between, or within, the eyes; as, the interocular distance; situated between the eyes, as the antennae of some insects..

Nauplius :: Nauplius (n.) A crustacean larva having three pairs of locomotive organs (corresponding to the antennules, antennae, and mandibles), a median eye, and little or no segmentation of the body..

Longicornia :: Longicornia (n. pl.) A division of beetles, including a large number of species, in which the antennae are very long. Most of them, while in the larval state, bore into the wood or beneath the bark of trees, and some species are very destructive to fruit and shade trees. See Apple borer, under Apple, and Locust beetle, under Locust..

Antennal :: Antennal (a.) Belonging to the antennae.

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

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