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Entomology

The study of insects.

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Entomology

crochets

Biology; Entomology

Hooked spines at tip of the prolegs of lepidopterous larvae.

ptilinum

Biology; Entomology

In Diptera an organ that can be inflated to a bladder-like structure and thrust out through a frontal suture of the head at the time of emergence from the puparium.

alula

Biology; Entomology

In insects (not birds) the outermost of the three flap-like outgrowths at the base of the wing in various flies: really a part of the wing membrane.

pretarsus

Biology; Entomology

In insects the terminal segment of the leg bearing the pretarsal claws.

spittle

Biology; Entomology

In insects, a frothy fluid produced by the nymphs of spittlebugs (Cercopidae).

skeletal muscle

Biology; Entomology

In insects, a muscle that stretches across the body wall and serves to move one segment on another.

appendix

Biology; Entomology

In insects, a short vein, especially a short continuation after the main vein has changed direction.

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