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Entomology
The study of insects.
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intermediate host
Biology; Entomology
The host which harbors the immature stages or the asexual stages of a parasite, a separate organism to that which harbours the sexual stage.
gaster
Biology; Entomology
The hymenopteran abdomen - apart from the 1st segment (the propodeum) which is fused to the thorax. The front part of the gaster often forms a narrow waist.
propodeum
Biology; Entomology
The I st abdominal segment in the hymenopteran group known as the Apocrita: it is completely fused with the thorax.
tarsus
Biology; Entomology
The insect's foot: primitively a single segment but consisting of several segments in most living insects.
ametabola
Biology; Entomology
The insects which develop without metamorphosis, namely the Protura, Thysanura, and Collembola.
