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GRUB |
Insect larva |
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WORM |
An insect larva. |
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PUPA |
Insect between larva and adult |
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TAINTWORM |
A destructive parasitic worm or insect larva. |
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ERUCA |
An insect in the larval state; a caterpillar; a larva. |
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VERMICULE |
A small worm or insect larva; also, a wormlike body. |
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COCOON |
The case constructed by any insect to contain its larva or
pupa. |
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ROLLER |
ANy insect whose larva rolls up leaves; a leaf roller. see
Tortrix. |
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SEMI PUPA |
The young of an insect in a stage between the larva and
pupa. |
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DOBSON |
The aquatic larva of a large neuropterous insect (Corydalus
cornutus), used as bait in angling. See Hellgamite. |
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LEPTIFORM |
Having a form somewhat like leptus; -- said of active
insect larvae having three pairs of legs. See Larva. |
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HELLGRAMITE |
The aquatic larva of a large American winged insect
(Corydalus cornutus), much used a fish bait by anglers; the dobson. It
belongs to the Neuroptera. |
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ANT-LION |
A neuropterous insect, the larva of which makes in the
sand a pitfall to capture ants, etc. The common American species is
Myrmeleon obsoletus, the European is M. formicarius. |
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TRANSFORMATION |
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character and mode of life, as in the development of the germ into the
embryo, the egg into the animal, the larva into the insect
(metamorp... |