Entomology

Entomology

The study of insects.

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Entomology

predator

Biology; Entomology

An animal that attacks and feeds on other animals, usually smaller and weaker than itself.

epiproct

Biology; Entomology

An appendage arising from the mid-line of the last abdominal segment, just above the anus. In the bristletails and some mayflies it is very long and forms the central 'tail'

cell

Biology; Entomology

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.

ootheca

Biology; Entomology

An egg case formed by the secretions of accessory genital glands or oviducts, such as the purse-like structure carried around by cockroaches or the spongy mass in which mantids lay their eggs