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Entomology

The study of insects.

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Entomology

Segment
Biology; Entomology

One of the rings or divisions of the body, or one of the sections of a jointed limb.

Sessile
Biology; Entomology

Attached to one place and unable to move, like many female scale insects.

Soldier
Biology; Entomology

In termites, sterile males or females with large heads and mandibles; they function to protect the colony.

Spermatheca
Biology; Entomology

A small sac-like branch of the female reproductive tract of arthropods in which sperm may be stored.

Spiracle
Biology; Entomology

One of the breathing pores - openings of the tracheal system - through which diffusion of gases takes place. They usually occur on the third thoracic segment and all the abdominal.

Spur
Biology; Entomology

A large and usually movable spine, normally found on the legs.

Spiracular plate
Biology; Entomology

A plate like sclerite next to or surrounding a spiracle.

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