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Entomology
The study of insects.
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queen cell
Biology; Entomology
The special cell in which a queen honey bee develops from egg to the adult stage.
nucleus
Biology; Entomology
The spheroid body within a cell that has the major role in controlling and regulating the cell's activities and contains the hereditary units or genes.
instar
Biology; Entomology
The stage in an insect's life history between any two moults. A newly-hatched insect which has not yet moulted is said to be a first-instar nymph or larva. The adult (imago) is the final instar.
media
Biology; Entomology
The longitudinal vein running through the central region of the wing in most insects: often the 4th and abbreviated to M.
labium
Biology; Entomology
The 'lower lip' of the insect mouth-parts, formed by the fusion of two maxilla-like appendages.
bivouac
Biology; Entomology
The mass of army ant workers within which the queen and brood, live while the colony is not on the move.
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