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Entomology
The study of insects.
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tegmen
Biology; Entomology
The leathery forewing of a grasshopper or similar insect, such as a cockroach
chaetotaxy
Biology; Entomology
The arrangement of the bristles or chaetae on an insect: especially important in the classification of the Diptera, Collembla and several other groups.
venation
Biology; Entomology
The arrangement of veins in the wings of insects. Ventral. Concerning the lower side of the body.
puparium
Biology; Entomology
The barrel-shaped case which conceals the pupa of the house-fly and many other true flies. It is formed from the skin of the last larval instar.
