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Entomology
The study of insects.
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sub-marginal cells
Biology; Entomology
Cells lying just behind the stigma in the hymenopteran forewing: important in the identification of bees and sphecid wasps.
nurse cells
Biology; Entomology
Cells that are located in the ovarian tubes of certain insects and that furnish nutriment to the developing eggs.
clavate
Biology; Entomology
Club-shaped, with the distal end swollen. This term is most often applied to antennae.
budding
Biology; Entomology
Colony fission, the creation of new colonies by the departure of one or more reproductive females accompanied by a group of workers specifically to establish a new colony.
cryptic
Biology; Entomology
Coloring and or pattern adapted for the purpose of protection from predators or prey by concealment.
