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entomology
entomology study of insects , an arthropod class that comprises about 900,000 known species, representing about three fourths of all the classified animal species. Insects are studied because of their importance as pollinators for fruit crops; as carriers of bacterial, viral, and fungal diseases;... Read more |
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daddy longlegs
daddy longlegs name applied to the harvestman , an arachnid, and to the crane fly , an insect.... Read more |
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ecdysone
ecdysone A steroid hormone, secreted by a pair of prothoracic glands in the thorax of insects and by Y organs in crustaceans, that stimulates moulting (see ecdysis) and metamorphosis. In insects its release is stimulated by prothoracicotropic hormone. It acts on specific gene loci, stimulating the... Read more |
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leaf insect
leaf insect common name given to herbivorous insects of leaflike appearance forming a single family in the order Phasmida. Leaf insects are green and have extremely flattened, irregularly shaped bodies, wings, and legs; they are usually about 4 in. (10 cm) long. Their wings often have venation... Read more |
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holometabolous
holometabolous Describing insect development in which there is complete metamorphosis and the immature stages, called larvae, are markedly different from the adults. Transformation of the larvae into the adult takes place during a resting stage called a pupa. Holometabolous development is... Read more |
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hemimetabolous
hemimetabolous Describing insect development in which there is incomplete or partial metamorphosis, typically with successive immature stages increasingly resembling the adult. For instance, rudimentary wings are usually apparent, at least in later stages. It is characteristic of the exopterygote... Read more |
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simple eye
simple eye Eye consisting of a single ocellus. Such eyes are found in adult insects, and in the larvae of hemimetabolous insects. Usually there are three, arranged triangularly on the head. Simple eyes are not thought to be involved in the formation of images, but act only as monitors of the level... Read more |
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Strepsipterans
Strepsiptera Also known as twisted-winged parasites, strepsipterans are small insects which are internal parasites of other insects. Measuring between 0.02-0.16 in (0.5 and 4 mm) long, the males and females lead totally different lives. Males are free, winged insects—resembling some forms of... Read more |
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exopterygote
exopterygote Any winged insect showing hemimetabolous development, i.e. the eggs hatch into young (called nymphs) that resemble the adults but lack wings; these develop gradually and externally in a series of stages (instars) until the final moult produces the adult insect. There is no pupal stage... Read more |
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Odonata
Odonata (damselflies, devil's darning needles, dragonflies, horse-stingers; class Insecta, subclass Pterygota) Order of primitive insects, the earliest fossils of which are found in the Upper Carboniferous coal measures of Commentry (France). These slender-bodied insects have two pairs of large,... Read more |
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insects
...contains over a hundred insect species, almost...recorded from there. Insects are also known from...of Germany; and insect-cut leaves are...Eocene of Kentucky.Insects probably developed...co-evolution of insects and flowering plants...it is ... |
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insect
insect Any of more than a million species...bee. There are more species of insects than all other species combined. Adult insects have three pairs of jointed legs...and a pair of antennae. Most insects can detect a wide range of sounds... |
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stick insect
stick insect Any of numerous species of herbivorous insects of the order Phasmida, which resemble the shape and colour of the twigs upon which they rest; known in North America as walking stick. Some lay eggs that resemble seeds. Length: to 32cm (11in). See also leaf insect |
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leaf insect
leaf insect Any of several species of flat, green insects that bear a resemblance to leaves and are found throughout tropical Asia. The female has large leathery forewings with markings resembling a pattern of leaf veins. Order Phasmida; family Phylliidae. See also stick insect |
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amber
...protection against disease and insect attack. Some trees produce...Resin is very sticky, and insects, other small animals and plant...oldest amber that contains insects comes from the Lower Cretaceous...Japan, and Borneo.The insects and other inclusions ... |
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insectivorous plant
...digesting’ and absorbing insects. Some, such as the Venus...muscipula), are active insect trappers. The sundews (Drosera) snare insects with a sticky substance and...Bladderworts (Utricularia) suck insects into their underwater bladders... |
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beetle
beetle Insect characterized by horny front...poor fliers, but (like all insects) are protected from injury...the most numerous of the insects. More than 250,000 species...animals, including other insects, whereas others are scavengers... |
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parasites
...history of the study of disease transmission by ticks and insects. Insects rarely parasitize mammals, having originated...since the seventeenth century. ‘Worms’ and ‘insects’ were used as convenient synonyms for what were... |
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pupa
...developmental stage during which an insect undergoes complete metamorphosis. It...casing, inside which the tissues of the insect undergo a drastic reorganization to form the adult body. Insects that undergo pupation include the many... |
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bug
bug Any member of the insect order Hemiptera, although in the USA any insect is commonly called a bug. True bugs are flattened insects that undergo gradual or incomplete metamorphosis, have two pairs of wings and use piercing and sucking mouthparts... |
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insect
insect (in-sekt) n. a member of a large group of mainly land-dwelling arthropods. Insects of medical importance include various bloodsucking insects transmitting tropical diseases; lice, whose bites can... |
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scale insect
scale in·sect • n. a small insect (suborder Homoptera) with a protective shieldlike scale. It spends most of its life attached by its mouth to a single plant, sometimes occurring in such large numbers that it becomes a serious pest. |
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fly
...flies / flīz/ ) a flying insect (order Diptera) of a large...used in names of flying insects of other orders, e.g., butterfly...an infestation of flying insects on a plant or animal: cattle...natural or artificial flying insect used as bait in fishing, esp... |
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Insecta
Insecta (Hexapoda, insects; phylum Arthropoda) Class...the body. The oldest fossil insects occur in Devonian rocks, and...plants had a marked influence on insect development, so that many...About 950 000 extant species of insects have been described. This... |
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automimicry
...that are toxic to birds but not to the insects themselves. This renders them unpalatable...frequency-dependent, and the unpalatable insects must be more abundant (and hence more...the bird predators) than the palatable insects. |
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amber
...Amber often contains the bodies of trapped insects (the plot of Michael Crichton's thriller...that dinosaur DNA from the blood on which such insects had fed could be recovered from the insect bodies).The word is recorded from late Middle... |
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louse
...līs/ ) a small, wingless, parasitic insect that lives on the skin of mammals and birds. ∎ (sucking louse) an insect with piercing mouthparts, found only...Siphunculata). ∎ (biting louse) an insect with a large head and jaws, found chiefly... |
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wasp
...wäsp/ • n. 1. a social winged insect (Vespula, Polistes, and other...and raises the larvae on a diet of insects. See illustrations at paper wasp, mud dauber. 2. a solitary winged insect (several superfamilies) with a narrow... |
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Part 4 Plant science.(Part 6: T-Z)(Definition)
...Tachinidae, whose larvae are beneficial as insect control, as they are parasitic on many noxious insects. Tag--(1) A dung-covered lock of...a tree trunk to catch and hold climbing insects to prevent their damaging the tree. (2... |
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diapause
...cessation that occurs in the growth and development of an insect. Insects can enter the diapause state as eggs, larvae, pupae...frequently associated with seasonal environments, the insect entering it during the adverse period, and breaking... |
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insect
insect • noun See table.Insects ant alderflyamberwing ant lionaphid army ant assassin bugbackswimmer bee bedbug beetle blackfly blowfly bluebottleboatmanboll weevilbooklouseborer... |
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agency
...agency synonyms: business, organization, company, firm, office, bureau. 2. the infection is caused by the agency of insects synonyms: action, activity, means, effect, influence, force, power, vehicle, medium. 3. regional policy was introduced... |
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annoying
annoying • adjective what are these annoying little insects?synonyms: irritating, infuriating, exasperating, maddening, trying, tiresome, troublesome, bothersome, nettlesome, obnoxious... |
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bog
bog • noun the bogs were alive with chirring insects and croaking frogssynonyms: marsh, swamp, muskeg, mire, quagmire, morass, slough, fen, wetland, bogland. phrase: bogged... |
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pest
pest • noun the neighbor/salesperson/insect is a pestsynonyms: nuisance, bother, source of annoyance/irritation, vexation, irritant, thorn in one's side, problem, trouble... |
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tiny
tiny • adjective what are these tiny red insects on my houseplants?synonyms: minute, minuscule, microscopic, nanoscale, infinitesimal, very small, little, mini, diminutive... |
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universal
...of general when referring to every member of a genus or clearly-defined scientific category (a generic characteristic of insects); with reference to language, it means referring to both men and women (a generic pronoun). Common implies participation... |
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bite
...chew, nibble at, gnaw at. 2. dogs biting peoplesynonyms: sink one's teeth into, nip, snap at, tear at, wound. 3. insects biting themsynonyms: sting, prick, wound. 4. biting on his pipesynonyms: clamp, grip, hold on to. 5. measures beginning... |
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insecticide
insecticide • noun synonyms: insect spray, pesticide; DDT, pyrethrum. |
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myriad
myriad literary • noun a myriad of insects synonyms: a multitude, a large/great number, a large/great quantity, scores, quantities, a mass, a host, droves, a horde... |
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Insects.
...Flying and crawling insects ULD BP-300 Flying and crawling insects 565 Plus XLO Pressurized Contact Insecticide Flying insects Victor Poison Free Flying Insect Killer Flying insects CB Clean Air Purge I Flying insects CB ... |
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Incredible insects!
...If you answered an insect, you are right...are more kinds of insects on Earth than any...but does allow the insect to detect movement. The eyes of some insects, like the bee...a leaf-eating insect has parts for tearing...chewing, and some ... |
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Insects Preserved In Amber May Carry Dinosaur DNA
...Yeah. Can you see insects inside it? Dr...I can see one insect, but I have to...suggesting that the insect fed just prior...any idea which insects would have been...mouth parts of the insect itself. That is, insects that ... |
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Insect attack 'may have finished off dinosaurs'.
Insect attack 'may have...disease-carrying insects. According to...associations between insects, microbes and...gut of one biting insect, preserved in...another biting insect, we discovered...filth-visiting insects," Prof ... |
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Insect Zoo in Room 201.(Brief Article)
...first week setting up insect terrariums with crickets...cockroaches, and other insects. Some bugs were local...playground. The larger insects were purchased inexpensively...were the primary insect zookeepers. The two...and holding of the ... |
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Insects and Health
...our relationship with insects is that of peaceful coexistence...world and that of the insect results in conflict...stored foods contain some insect material. But since people have eaten insect fragments for thousands...concern for impact of ... |
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INSECT PREDATION SHEDS LIGHT ON FOOD WEB RECOVERY AFTER THE DINOSAUR EXTINCTION
...North American plants and insects. The Western Interior...for plants and plant-insect food webs," said Peter...diversity in both plants and insects. What happened in the...In modern forests, insect diversity tracks plant...plants, there are few ... |
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Luring beneficial insects to your garden; create a garden that is friendly to...
...garden this year? These insect pests can be the organic...worst enemy. But not all insects are harmful. In fact...basically two categories of insects used to control other insects--predators and parasites. Insect predators like the praying... |
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Insects implicated in the evolution of new human infectious diseases.
...of causing disease in insects, at least in the laboratory...evolved from a close insect-pathogenic ancestor...parallel problems of insect resistance to insecticides...similarities between human and insect immune systems also mean...successfully evolved to ... |
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Insects: the original white meat.(Cover story)
...says, because insects tend to be quite...world have put insect eating on their...biotechnology to produce insect cells, minus the insects, as an inexpensive...Americans can sample insect-based snacks...frozen and dried ... |
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