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MIDGE |
Small insect |
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LADYBIRD |
Small insect |
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ANT |
Small insect |
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BUG |
Small insect |
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EARWIG |
Small elongated insect |
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BULLHEAD |
A small black water insect. |
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INSECT |
Like an insect; small; mean; ephemeral. |
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BEDBUG |
Small bloodsucking insect with a round, wingless body |
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NIT |
The egg of a louse or other small insect. |
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GRANILLA |
Small grains or dust of cochineal or the coccus insect. |
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VERMICULE |
A small worm or insect larva; also, a wormlike body. |
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PODURA |
Any small leaping thysanurous insect of the genus Podura
and related genera; a springtail. |
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MICROSCOPICAL |
Very small; visible only by the aid of a microscope;
as, a microscopic insect. |
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KERMES |
A small European evergreen oak (Quercus coccifera) on which
the kermes insect (Coccus ilicis) feeds. |
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DEATHWATCH |
A small wingless insect, of the family Psocidae, which
makes a similar but fainter sound; -- called also deathtick. |
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PRESCUTUM |
The first of the four pieces composing the dorsal part,
or tergum, of a thoracic segment of an insect. It is usually small and
inconspicuous. |
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PHYLLOXERA |
A small hemipterous insect (Phylloxera vastatrix)
allied to the aphids. It attacks the roots and leaves of the grapevine,
doing great damage, especially in Europe. |
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GALLFLY |
An insect that deposits its eggs in plants, and occasions
galls, esp. any small hymenopteran of the genus Cynips and allied
genera. See Illust. of Gall. |
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SCUTELLUM |
The third of the four pieces forming the upper part of a
thoracic segment of an insect. It follows the scutum, and is followed
by the small postscutellum; a scutella. See Thorax. |
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AREOLA |
An interstice or small space, as between the cracks of the
surface in certain crustaceous lichens; or as between the fibers
composing organs or... |