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Any living creature of the Kingdom Animalia constituting multi-celled organisms as well as single-celled organisms lacking chlorophyll and having the ability for spontaneous movement, such as protozoans.

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suture

Animals; Insects

A groove on the body surface which usually divides one plate or sclerite from the next: also the junction between the elytra of a beetle.

caudal

Animals; Insects

Concerning the tail end.

symbiotic

Animals; Insects

The state of living together of two dissimilar organisms in a mutually beneficial relationship.

cells

Animals; Insects

An area of the wing bounded by a number of veins. A cell is closed if it is completely surrounded by veins and open if it is bounded partly by the wing margin.

tarsi

Animals; Insects

An insect's foot: primitively a single segment beyond the tibia, but usually consisting of several subdivisions or segments in most living insects.

cerci

Animals; Insects

(singular: Cercus) The paired appendages, often very long, which spring from the tip of the abdomen in many insects.

tarsomere

Animals; Insects

Subdivision of the primary tarsal segment.

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