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Labellum :: Labellum (n.) A small appendage beneath the upper lip or labrum of certain insects.

Pulvillus :: Pulvillus (n.) One of the minute cushions on the feet of certain insects.

Dipteran :: Dipteran (n.) An insect of the order Diptera.

Earwig :: Earwig (n.) Any insect of the genus Forticula and related genera, belonging to the order Euplexoptera..

Sheath :: Sheath (n.) One of the elytra of an insect.

Cochineal Fig :: Cochineal fig () A plant of Central and Southern America, of the Cactus family, extensively cultivated for the sake of the cochineal insect, which lives on it..

Dermestes :: Dermestes (n.) A genus of coleopterous insects, the larvae of which feed animal substances. They are very destructive to dries meats, skins, woolens, and furs. The most common species is D. lardarius, known as the bacon beetle..

Fulcrum :: Fulcrum (n.) The horny inferior surface of the lingua of certain insects.

Hellgramite :: Hellgramite (n.) The aquatic larva of a large American winged insect (Corydalus cornutus), much used a fish bait by anglers; the dobson. It belongs to the Neuroptera..

Roller :: Roller (n.) ANy insect whose larva rolls up leaves; a leaf roller. see Tortrix.

Homomorphism :: Homomorphism (n.) The possession of but one kind of larvae or young, as in most insects..

Shrew :: Shrew (a.) Any small insectivore of the genus Sorex and several allied genera of the family Sorecidae. In form and color they resemble mice, but they have a longer and more pointed nose. Some of them are the smallest of all mammals..

Order :: Order (n.) An assemblage of genera having certain important characters in common; as, the Carnivora and Insectivora are orders of Mammalia..

Sembling :: Sembling (n.) The practice of attracting the males of Lepidoptera or other insects by exposing the female confined in a cage.

Patagium :: Patagium (n.) One of a pair of small vesicular organs situated at the bases of the anterior wings of lepidopterous insects. See Illust. of Butterfly.

Lindiform :: Lindiform (a.) Resembling the genus Lindia; -- said of certain apodous insect larvae.

Nutcracker :: Nutcracker (n.) A European bird (Nucifraga caryocatactes), allied to the magpie and crow. Its color is dark brown, spotted with white. It feeds on nuts, seeds, and insects..

Exarticulate :: Exarticulate (a.) Having but one joint; -- said of certain insects.

Brachyceral :: Brachyceral (a.) Having short antennae, as certain insects..

Ovipositor :: Ovipositor (n.) The organ with which many insects and some other animals deposit their eggs. Some ichneumon files have a long ovipositor fitted to pierce the eggs or larvae of other insects, in order to lay their own eggs within the same..

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