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Entomology

The study of insects.

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Entomology

Proboscis

Biology; Entomology

Name given to various kinds of sucking mouths in which some of the mouth-parts are drawn out to form tubes.

Prognathous

Biology; Entomology

Having a more or less horizontal head, with the mouth-parts at the front.

Pronotal Comb

Biology; Entomology

A row of stout spines on the hind margin of the pronotum of certain fleas.

Proleg

Biology; Entomology

One of the fleshy, stumpy legs on the hind region of a caterpillar.

classification

Biology; Entomology

The ordering of organisms into groups on the basis of their relationships.

cubitus vein

Biology; Entomology

The 5th longitudinal vein of the wing, extending from wing base and usually 2-branched before reaching outer wing margin.

subcosta vein

Biology; Entomology

Generally unbranched, longitudinal vein extending parallel to the costa, reaching the outer margin before the costa.

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