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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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carina

Animals; Insects

A ridge or keel.

subimago

Animals; Insects

First adult instar of the first imaginal instar of mayflies.

castes

Animals; Insects

Groups of individuals that become irreversibly behaviorally distinct at some point prior to reproductive maturity. One of three or more distinct forms which make up the population among social ...

sulcate

Animals; Insects

Scored with usually longitudinal furrows.

caterpillar

Animals; Insects

The larval stage of a butterfly or moth.

sulcus

Animals; Insects

Shallow furrows.

cauda

Animals; Insects

The pointed end of the abdomen in aphids.

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