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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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fossorial

Animals; Insects

Adapted for digging.

frons

Animals; Insects

Upper part of the insect face, between and below the antennae and usually carrying the median ocellus or simple eye.

furca

Animals; Insects

Forked spring or leaping appendage on fourth abdominal segment of Collembola.

fusiform

Animals; Insects

Tapering toward each end.

gall

Animals; Insects

An abnormal growth of plant tissue caused by the presence of an insect or other foreign organism.

genitalia

Animals; Insects

The copulatory organs of insects and other animals. The shape and arrangement of the genitalia are often used to distinguish closely related and otherwise very similar species.

gill

Animals; Insects

Breathing organ possessed by many aquatic creatures, including numerous young insects. Insect gills are usually very fine outgrowths from the body and they contain numerous ...

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