Entomology

Entomology

The study of insects.

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acetyl choline

Biology; Entomology

A substance present in many parts of the body of animals and important to the function of nerves.

pheromone

Biology; Entomology

A substance secreted by an animal which when released externally in small amounts causes a specific reaction, such as stimulation to mate with or supply food to a receiving individual of the same ...

transverse suture

Biology; Entomology

A suture running across the thorax of many flies and dividing the mesonotum into a scutum and a prescutum.

eruciform

Biology; Entomology

Caterpillar like; more or less cylindrical with a well developed head and stumpy legs at the rear as well as the true thoracic legs. The caterpillars of butterflies and moths are typical examples.

bubonic plague

Biology; Entomology

A bacterial disease of rodents and man caused by Pasteurella pestis and transmitted chiefly by the oriental rat flea; marked by chills, fever, and inflammatory swelling of lymphatic glands.