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Entomology

The study of insects.

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Entomology

Predator

Biology; Entomology

An animal that attacks and feeds on other animals, usually smaller and weaker than itself.

Presumptive organization

Biology; Entomology

Arrangement of cells in the embryo into groups which in normal development become a particular organ or tissue.

Pretarsus

Biology; Entomology

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

Preovipositional period

Biology; Entomology

The period between the emergence of an adult female and the start of its egg laying.

Prepupa

Biology; Entomology

The last larval instar after it ceases to feed; often it takes on a distinctive appearance becoming quiescent and rather shrunken, and often looks dead.

Primary reproductives

Biology; Entomology

Those members of a social group of insects whose primary role is reproduction, (often the founders of the colony). Compared to secondary reproductive who may produce some young but are primarily ...

Proctodeal valve

Biology; Entomology

In insects, a valve in the anterior end of the hindgut that serves as an occlusor mechanism.

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