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Gale-opithecus :: Gale-opithecus (n.) A genus of flying Insectivora, formerly called flying lemurs. See Colugo..

Tody :: Tody (n.) Any one of several species of small insectivorous West Indian birds of the genus Todus. They are allied to the kingfishers.

Proleg :: Proleg (n.) One of the fleshy legs found on the abdominal segments of the larvae of Lepidoptera, sawflies, and some other insects. Those of Lepidoptera have a circle of hooks. Called also proped, propleg, and falseleg..

Anthophagous :: Anthophagous (a.) Eating flowers; -- said of certain insects.

Lac :: Lac (n.) A resinous substance produced mainly on the banyan tree, but to some extent on other trees, by the Coccus lacca, a scale-shaped insect, the female of which fixes herself on the bark, and exudes from the margin of her body this resinous substance..

Nymph :: Nymph (n.) The pupa of an insect; a chrysalis.

Abdomen :: Abdomen (n.) The posterior section of the body, behind the thorax, in insects, crustaceans, and other Arthropoda..

Stipes :: Stipes (n.) The second joint of a maxilla of an insect or a crustacean.

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..

Trochanter :: Trochanter (n.) The third joint of the leg of an insect, or the second when the trochantine is united with the coxa..

Fly-case :: Fly-case (n.) The covering of an insect, esp. the elytra of beetles..

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

Neuter :: Neuter (n.) An organism, either vegetable or animal, which at its maturity has no generative organs, or but imperfectly developed ones, as a plant without stamens or pistils, as the garden Hydrangea; esp., one of the imperfectly developed females of certain social insects, as of the ant and the common honeybee, which perform the labors of the community, and are called workers..

Springtide :: Springtail (n.) Any one of numerous species of small apterous insects belonging to the order Thysanura. They have two elastic caudal stylets which can be bent under the abdomen and then suddenly extended like a spring, thus enabling them to leap to a considerable distance. See Collembola, and Podura..

Glossa :: Glossa (n.) The tongue, or lingua, of an insect. See Hymenoptera..

Labrum :: Labrum (n.) An organ in insects and crustaceans covering the upper part of the mouth, and serving as an upper lip. See Illust. of Hymenoptera..

Eristalis :: Eristalis (n.) A genus of dipterous insects whose young (called rat-tailed larvae) are remarkable for their long tapering tail, which spiracles at the tip, and for their ability to live in very impure and salt waters; -- also called drone fly..

Insectology :: Insectology (n.) Entomology.

Vitelligenous :: Vitelligenous (a.) Producing yolk, or vitelline substance; -- applied to certain cells (also called nutritive, or yolk, cells) formed in the ovaries of many insects, and supposed to supply nutriment to the developing ova..

Pulex :: Pulex (n.) A genus of parasitic insects including the fleas. See Flea.

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