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ANTS |
Small insects |
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LADYBIRDS |
Small insects |
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MIDGES |
Small insects |
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GNATS |
Small insects |
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CAENOLESTES |
Small gray opossum that eats insects |
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LABELLUM |
A small appendage beneath the upper lip or labrum of
certain insects. |
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SWARM |
A large number or mass of small animals or insects,
especially when in motion. |
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FACET |
One of the numerous small eyes which make up the compound
eyes of insects and crustaceans. |
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LUNULET |
A small spot, shaped like a half-moon or crescent; as, the
lunulet on the wings of many insects. |
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AREOLET |
A small inclosed area; esp. one of the small spaces on the
wings of insects, circumscribed by the veins. |
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PARAGLOSSA |
One of a pair of small appendages of the lingua or
labium of certain insects. See Illust. under Hymenoptera. |
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QUICA |
A small South American opossum (Didelphys quica), native of
Guiana and Brazil. It feeds upon insects, small birds, and fruit. |
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TINGIS |
A genus of small hemipterous insects which injure trees by
sucking the sap from the leaves. See Illustration in Appendix. |
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VENULE |
A small vein; a veinlet; specifically (Zool.), one of the
small branches of the veins of the wings in insects. |
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STYLET |
Any small, more or less rigid, bristlelike organ; as, the
caudal stylets of certain insects; the ventral stylets of certain
Infusoria. |
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AREOLATED |
Divided into small spaces or areolations, as the wings
of insects, the leaves of plants, or the receptacle of compound
flowers. |
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SPERMATHECA |
A small sac connected with the female reproductive
organs of insects and many other invertebrates, serving to receive and
retain the spermatozoa. |
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PATAGIUM |
One of a pair of small vesicular organs situated at the
bases of the anterior wings of lepidopterous insects. See Illust. of
Butterfly. |
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CATCHFLY |
A plant with the joints of the stem, and sometimes other
parts, covered with a viscid secretion to which small insects adhere.
The species of Silene are examples of the catchfly. |
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AREOLATION |
Any small space, bounded by some part different in
color or structure, as the spaces bounded by the nervures of the wings
of insects, or those by the veins of leaves; an areola. |
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SYMPHYLA |
An order of small apterous insects having an
elongated body, with three pairs of thoracic and about nine pairs of
abdominal legs. They are, in ... |
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THORNBILL |
Any one of several species of small, brilliantly colored
American birds of the genus Rhamphomicron. They have a long, slender,
sharp bill, and ... |
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TAIT |
A small nocturnal and arboreal Australian marsupial (Tarsipes
rostratus) about the size of a mouse. It has a long muzzle, a long
tongue, and ve... |
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HONEYDEW |
A sweet, saccharine substance, found on the leaves of
trees and other plants in small drops, like dew. Two substances have
been called by this ... |
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LOUSE |
Any one of numerous small mandibulate insects, mostly
parasitic on birds, and feeding on the feathers. They are known as
Mallophaga, or bird li... |