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Insects

Any of numerous usually small arthropod animals of the class Insecta, having an adult stage characterized by three pairs of legs and a body segmented into head, thorax, and abdomen and usually having two pairs of wings.

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maxilla

Animals; Insects

One of the two components of the insect mouth-parts lying just behind the jaws. They assist with the detection and manipulation of food and are often drawn out into tubular structures for sucking up ...

media

Animals; Insects

The fifth longitudinal vein of the wing.

meron

Animals; Insects

Posterior part of proximal rim of coxa.

mesonotum

Animals; Insects

The dorsal sclerite of the 2nd thoracic segment - the mesothorax: usually the largest thoracic sclerite.

meso-precoxal bridge

Animals; Insects

Precoxal part of the pleuron, anterior to the trochantin in the mesothorax.

mesothorax

Animals; Insects

The 2nd segment of the thorax.

mesotrochanter

Animals; Insects

Trochanter of middle leg.

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