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Entomology
The study of insects.
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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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