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Endothorax :: Endothorax (n.) An internal process of the sternal plates in the thorax of insects.

Promuscis :: Promuscis (n.) The proboscis of hemipterous insects. See Illust. under Hemiptera.

Metamorphosis :: Metamorphosis (n.) A change in the form or function of a living organism, by a natural process of growth or development; as, the metamorphosis of the yolk into the embryo, of a tadpole into a frog, or of a bud into a blossom. Especially, that form of sexual reproduction in which an embryo undergoes a series of marked changes of external form, as the chrysalis stage, pupa stage, etc., in insects. In these intermediate stages sexual reproduction is usually impossible, but they ultimately pass into

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

Prescutum :: Prescutum (n.) The first of the four pieces composing the dorsal part, or tergum, of a thoracic segment of an insect. It is usually small and inconspicuous..

Ischium :: Ischium (n.) One of the pleurae of insects.

Aphaniptera :: Aphaniptera (n. pl.) A group of wingless insects, of which the flea in the type. See Flea..

Collophore :: Collophore (n.) A suckerlike organ at the base of the abdomen of insects belonging to the Collembola.

Interepimeral :: Interepimeral (a.) Between the epimeral plates of insects and crustaceans.

Trichromatic :: Trichromatic (a.) Having or existing in three different phases of color; having three distinct color varieties; -- said of certain birds and insects.

Silene :: Silene (n.) A genus of caryophyllaceous plants, usually covered with a viscid secretion by which insects are caught; catchfly..

Saltatorious :: Saltatorious (a.) Capable of leaping; formed for leaping; saltatory; as, a saltatorious insect or leg..

Wax :: Wax (n.) A substance similar to beeswax, secreted by several species of scale insects, as the Chinese wax. See Wax insect, below..

Phylloxera :: Phylloxera (n.) A small hemipterous insect (Phylloxera vastatrix) allied to the aphids. It attacks the roots and leaves of the grapevine, doing great damage, especially in Europe..

Hemiptera :: Hemiptera (n. pl.) An order of hexapod insects having a jointed proboscis, including four sharp stylets (mandibles and maxillae), for piercing. In many of the species (Heteroptera) the front wings are partially coriaceous, and different from the others..

Unguis :: Unguis (n.) One of the terminal hooks on the foot of an insect.

Mandibulate :: Mandibulate (n.) An insect having mandibles.

Entomolite :: Entomolite (n.) A fossil insect.

Insectivorous :: Insectivorous (a.) the Insectivora, and to many bats, birds, and reptiles..

Palingenesy :: Palingenesy (n.) That form of evolution in which the truly ancestral characters conserved by heredity are reproduced in development; original simple descent; -- distinguished from kenogenesis. Sometimes, in zoology, the abrupt metamorphosis of insects, crustaceans, etc..

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