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147 relations: Acalyptratae, Acaricide, Acetylcholine, Aculeata, Acylurea, Adipocyte, Aedeagus, Aestivation, Alate, Aldrin, Algae, Alloparenting, Allopatric speciation, Alternation of generations, Ambrosia, Amide, Amine, Amino acid, Ammonia, Anaplasmosis, Anatomical terms of location, Annulation, Antenna (biology), Antibiosis, Anus, Apitherapy, Apomorphy and synapomorphy, Apterygota, Archaeognatha, Arthropod mouthparts, Autotomy, Beetle, Blood cell, Body shape, Bombay Natural History Society, Butterfly, Caterpillar, Circulatory system, Clasper, Clypeus (arthropod anatomy), Compound eye, Comstock–Needham system, Coprophagia, Coronal suture, Damselfly, Dieldrin, Diplura, Elytron, Endrin, Entomology, ... Expand index (97 more) »
- Entomology
- Glossaries of zoology
Acalyptratae
The Acalyptratae or Acalyptrata are a subsection of the Schizophora, which are a section of the order Diptera, the "true flies".
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Acaricide
Acaricides are pesticides that kill members of the arachnid subclass Acari, which includes ticks and mites.
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Acetylcholine
Acetylcholine (ACh) is an organic compound that functions in the brain and body of many types of animals (including humans) as a neurotransmitter.
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Aculeata
Aculeata is a subclade of Hymenoptera containing ants, bees, and stinging wasps.
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Acylurea
Acylureas (also called N-acylureas or ureides) are a class of chemical compounds formally derived from the acylation of urea.
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Adipocyte
Adipocytes, also known as lipocytes and fat cells, are the cells that primarily compose adipose tissue, specialized in storing energy as fat.
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Aedeagus
An aedeagus (aedeagi) is a reproductive organ of male arthropods through which they secrete sperm from the testes during copulation with a female.
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Aestivation
Aestivation (aestas (summer); also spelled estivation in American English) is a state of animal dormancy, similar to hibernation, although taking place in the summer rather than the winter.
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Alate
Alate (Latin ālātus, from āla (“wing”)) is an adjective and noun used in entomology and botany to refer to something that has wings or winglike structures.
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Aldrin
Aldrin is an organochlorine insecticide that was widely used until the 1990s, when it was banned in most countries.
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Algae
Algae (alga) are any of a large and diverse group of photosynthetic, eukaryotic organisms.
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Alloparenting
Alloparenting (also referred to as alloparental care) is a term used to classify any form of parental care provided by an individual towards young that are not its own direct offspring.
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Allopatric speciation
Allopatric speciation – also referred to as geographic speciation, vicariant speciation, or its earlier name the dumbbell model – is a mode of speciation that occurs when biological populations become geographically isolated from each other to an extent that prevents or interferes with gene flow.
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Alternation of generations
Alternation of generations (also known as metagenesis or heterogenesis) is the predominant type of life cycle in plants and algae.
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Ambrosia
In the ancient Greek myths, ambrosia (ἀμβροσία 'immortality') is the food or drink of the Greek gods, and is often depicted as conferring longevity or immortality upon whoever consumed it.
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Amide
In organic chemistry, an amide, also known as an organic amide or a carboxamide, is a compound with the general formula, where R, R', and R″ represent any group, typically organyl groups or hydrogen atoms.
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Amine
In chemistry, amines are compounds and functional groups that contain a basic nitrogen atom with a lone pair.
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Amino acid
Amino acids are organic compounds that contain both amino and carboxylic acid functional groups.
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Ammonia
Ammonia is an inorganic chemical compound of nitrogen and hydrogen with the formula.
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Anaplasmosis
Anaplasmosis is a tick-borne disease affecting ruminants, dogs, and horses, and is caused by Anaplasma bacteria.
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Anatomical terms of location
Standard anatomical terms of location are used to unambiguously describe the anatomy of animals, including humans.
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Annulation
In organic chemistry, annulation (occasionally annelation) is a chemical reaction in which a new ring is constructed on a molecule.
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Antenna (biology)
Antennae (antenna), sometimes referred to as "feelers", are paired appendages used for sensing in arthropods.
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Antibiosis
Antibiosis, also referred to as antagonism, a process of biological interaction between two or more organisms that is detrimental to at least one of them; it can also be an antagonistic association between an organism and the metabolic substances produced by another.
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Anus
In mammals, invertebrates and most fish, the anus (anuses or ani; from Latin, 'ring' or 'circle') is the external body orifice at the exit end of the digestive tract (bowel), i.e. the opposite end from the mouth.
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Apitherapy
Apitherapy is a branch of alternative medicine that uses honey bee products, including honey, pollen, propolis, royal jelly and bee venom.
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Apomorphy and synapomorphy
In phylogenetics, an apomorphy (or derived trait) is a novel character or character state that has evolved from its ancestral form (or plesiomorphy).
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Apterygota
The name Apterygota is sometimes applied to a former subclass of small, agile insects, distinguished from other insects by their lack of wings in the present and in their evolutionary history; notable examples are the silverfish, the firebrat, and the jumping bristletails.
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Archaeognatha
The Archaeognatha are an order of apterygotes, known by various common names such as jumping bristletails.
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Arthropod mouthparts
The mouthparts of arthropods have evolved into a number of forms, each adapted to a different style or mode of feeding.
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Autotomy
Autotomy (from the Greek auto-, "self-" and tome, "severing", αὐτοτομία) or 'self-amputation', is the behaviour whereby an animal sheds or discards an appendage, usually as a self-defense mechanism to elude a predator's grasp or to distract the predator and thereby allow escape.
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Beetle
Beetles are insects that form the order Coleoptera, in the superorder Holometabola.
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Blood cell
A blood cell (also called a hematopoietic cell, hemocyte, or hematocyte) is a cell produced through hematopoiesis and found mainly in the blood.
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Body shape
Human body shape is a complex phenomenon with sophisticated detail and function.
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Bombay Natural History Society
The Bombay Natural History Society (BNHS), founded on 15 September 1883, is one of the largest non-governmental organisations in India engaged in conservation and biodiversity research.
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Butterfly
Butterflies are winged insects from the lepidopteran suborder Rhopalocera, characterized by large, often brightly coloured wings that often fold together when at rest, and a conspicuous, fluttering flight.
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Caterpillar
Caterpillars are the larval stage of members of the order Lepidoptera (the insect order comprising butterflies and moths).
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Circulatory system
The circulatory system is a system of organs that includes the heart, blood vessels, and blood which is circulated throughout the entire body of a human or other vertebrate.
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Clasper
In biology, a clasper is a male anatomical structure found in some groups of animals, used in mating.
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Clypeus (arthropod anatomy)
The clypeus is one of the sclerites that make up the face of an arthropod.
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Compound eye
A compound eye is a visual organ found in arthropods such as insects and crustaceans. Glossary of entomology terms and compound eye are entomology.
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Comstock–Needham system
The Comstock–Needham system is a naming system for insect wing veins, devised by John Comstock and George Needham in 1898.
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Coprophagia
Coprophagia or coprophagy is the consumption of feces.
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Coronal suture
The coronal suture is a dense, fibrous connective tissue joint that separates the two parietal bones from the frontal bone of the skull.
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Damselfly
Damselflies are flying insects of the suborder Zygoptera in the order Odonata.
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Dieldrin
Dieldrin is an organochlorine compound originally produced in 1948 by J. Hyman & Co, Denver, as an insecticide.
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Diplura
The order Diplura ("two-pronged bristletails") is one of three orders of non-insect hexapods within the class Entognatha (alongside Collembola (springtails) and Protura).
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Elytron
An elytron (elytra) is a modified, hardened forewing of beetles (Coleoptera), though a few of the true bugs (Hemiptera) such as the family Schizopteridae are extremely similar; in true bugs, the forewings are called hemelytra (sometimes alternatively spelled as "hemielytra"), and in most species only the basal half is thickened while the apex is membranous, but when they are entirely thickened the condition is referred to as "coleopteroid".
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Endrin
Endrin is an organochlorine compound with the chemical formula C12H8Cl6O that was first produced in 1950 by Shell and Velsicol Chemical Corporation.
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Entomology
Entomology is the scientific study of insects, a branch of zoology.
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Entomophagy
Entomophagy (from Greek ἔντομον éntomon, 'insect', and φαγεῖν phagein, 'to eat') is the practice of eating insects.
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External morphology of Lepidoptera
The external morphology of Lepidoptera is the physiological structure of the bodies of insects belonging to the order Lepidoptera, also known as butterflies and moths.
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Eyespot (mimicry)
An eyespot (sometimes ocellus) is an eye-like marking.
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Fly
Flies are insects of the order Diptera, the name being derived from the Greek δι- di- "two", and πτερόν pteron "wing".
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Foramen magnum
The foramen magnum (great hole) is a large, oval-shaped opening in the occipital bone of the skull.
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Fungivore
Fungivory or mycophagy is the process of organisms consuming fungi.
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Glossary of ant terms
This is a glossary of terms used in the descriptions of ants. Glossary of entomology terms and glossary of ant terms are Glossaries of zoology.
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Glossary of entomology terms
This glossary of entomology describes terms used in the formal study of insect species by entomologists. Glossary of entomology terms and glossary of entomology terms are entomology and Glossaries of zoology.
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Glossary of spider terms
This glossary describes the terms used in formal descriptions of spiders; where applicable these terms are used in describing other arachnids. Glossary of entomology terms and glossary of spider terms are Glossaries of zoology.
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Halteres
Halteres (singular halter or haltere) (from ἁλτῆρες, hand-held weights to give an impetus in leaping) are a pair of small club-shaped organs on the body of two orders of flying insects that provide information about body rotations during flight.
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Hematophagy
Hematophagy (sometimes spelled haematophagy or hematophagia) is the practice by certain animals of feeding on blood (from the Greek words αἷμα haima "blood" and φαγεῖν phagein "to eat").
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Hemiptera
Hemiptera is an order of insects, commonly called true bugs, comprising over 80,000 species within groups such as the cicadas, aphids, planthoppers, leafhoppers, assassin bugs, bed bugs, and shield bugs.
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Hemolymph
Hemolymph, or haemolymph, is a fluid, analogous to the blood in vertebrates, that circulates in the interior of the arthropod (invertebrate) body, remaining in direct contact with the animal's tissues.
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Herbaceous plant
Herbaceous plants are vascular plants that have no persistent woody stems above ground.
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Herbivore
A herbivore is an animal anatomically and physiologically adapted to eating plant material, for example foliage or marine algae, for the main component of its diet.
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Heteroptera
The Heteroptera are a group of about 40,000 species of insects in the order Hemiptera.
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Hexapoda
The subphylum Hexapoda (from Greek for 'six legs') or hexapods comprises the largest clade of arthropods and includes most of the extant arthropod species.
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Holometabolism
Holometabolism, also called complete metamorphosis, is a form of insect development which includes four life stages: egg, larva, pupa, and imago (or adult).
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Hyaline
A hyaline substance is one with a glassy appearance.
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Hymenoptera
Hymenoptera is a large order of insects, comprising the sawflies, wasps, bees, and ants.
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Identification key
In biology, an identification key, taxonomic key, or biological key is a printed or computer-aided device that aids the identification of biological entities, such as plants, animals, fossils, microorganisms, and pollen grains.
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Imago
In biology, the imago (Latin for "image") is the last stage an insect attains during its metamorphosis, its process of growth and development; it is also called the imaginal stage ("imaginal" being "imago" in adjective form), the stage in which the insect attains maturity.
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Insect
Insects (from Latin insectum) are hexapod invertebrates of the class Insecta. Glossary of entomology terms and insect are entomology.
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Insect morphology
Insect morphology is the study and description of the physical form of insects.
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Insect wing
Insect wings are adult outgrowths of the insect exoskeleton that enable insects to fly.
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Intergluteal cleft
The intergluteal cleft or just gluteal cleft, also known by a number of synonyms, including natal cleft and cluneal cleft, is the groove between the buttocks that runs from just below the sacrum to the perineum, so named because it forms the visible border between the external rounded protrusions of the gluteus maximus muscles.
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Iowa State University
Iowa State University of Science and Technology (Iowa State University, Iowa State, or ISU) is a public land-grant research university in Ames, Iowa.
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Isodrin
Isodrin may refer to either of two chemical compounds.
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Labrum (arthropod mouthpart)
The labrum is a flap-like structure that lies immediately in front of the mouth in almost all extant Euarthropoda.
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Larva
A larva (larvae) is a distinct juvenile form many animals undergo before metamorphosis into their next life stage.
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Leaf beetle
The insects of the beetle family Chrysomelidae are commonly known as leaf beetles, and include over 37,000 (and probably at least 50,000) species in more than 2,500 genera, making up one of the largest and most commonly encountered of all beetle families.
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Lepidoptera
Lepidoptera or lepidopterans is an order of winged insects that includes butterflies and moths.
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Limb (anatomy)
A limb (from Old English lim, meaning "body part") is a jointed, muscled appendage of a tetrapod vertebrate animal used for weight-bearing, terrestrial locomotion and physical interaction with other objects.
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Liphyra
Liphyra is a butterfly genus in the family Lycaenidae.
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List of Latin and Greek words commonly used in systematic names
This list of Latin and Greek words commonly used in systematic names is intended to help those unfamiliar with classical languages to understand and remember the scientific names of organisms.
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Lycaenidae
Lycaenidae is the second-largest family of butterflies (behind Nymphalidae, brush-footed butterflies), with over 6,000 species worldwide, whose members are also called gossamer-winged butterflies.
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Mayfly
Mayflies (also known as shadflies or fishflies in Canada and the upper Midwestern United States, as Canadian soldiers in the American Great Lakes region, and as up-winged flies in the United Kingdom) are aquatic insects belonging to the order Ephemeroptera.
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Mesosoma
The mesosoma is the middle part of the body, or tagma, of arthropods whose body is composed of three parts, the other two being the prosoma and the metasoma.
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Mesothorax
The mesothorax is the middle of the three segments of the thorax of hexapods, and bears the second pair of legs.
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Metathorax
The metathorax is the posterior of the three segments in the thorax of an insect, and bears the third pair of legs.
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Millipede
Millipedes (originating from the Latin mille, "thousand", and pes, "foot") are a group of arthropods that are characterised by having two pairs of jointed legs on most body segments; they are known scientifically as the class Diplopoda, the name derived from this feature.
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Miridae
The Miridae are a large and diverse insect family at one time known by the taxonomic synonym Capsidae.
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Morphology of Diptera
Dipteran morphology differs in some significant ways from the broader morphology of insects.
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Myiasis
Myiasis, also known as flystrike or fly strike, is the parasitic infestation of the body of a live animal by fly larvae (maggots) that grow inside the host while feeding on its tissue.
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Myriapoda
Myriapods are the members of subphylum Myriapoda, containing arthropods such as millipedes and centipedes.
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Myxogastria
Myxogastria/Myxogastrea (myxogastrids, ICZN) or Myxomycetes (ICN) is a class of slime molds that contains 5 orders, 14 families, 62 genera, and 888 species.
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Occipitofrontalis muscle
The occipitofrontalis muscle (epicranius muscle) is a muscle which covers parts of the skull.
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Occipitomastoid suture
The occipitomastoid suture or occipitotemporal suture is the cranial suture between the occipital bone and the mastoid portion of the temporal bone.
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Odonata
Odonata is an order of predatory flying insects that includes the dragonflies and damselflies.
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Oophagy
Oophagy or ovophagy, literally "egg eating", is the practice of embryos feeding on eggs produced by the ovary while still inside the mother's uterus.
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Opiliones
The Opiliones (formerly Phalangida) are an order of arachnids, colloquially known as harvestmen, harvesters, harvest spiders, or daddy longlegs.
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Organ (biology)
In a multicellular organism, an organ is a collection of tissues joined in a structural unit to serve a common function.
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Osmeterium
The osmeterium is a defensive organ found in all papilionid larvae, in all stages.
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Ovipositor
The ovipositor is a tube-like organ used by some animals, especially insects, for the laying of eggs.
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Ozopore
An ozopore is the opening of a defensive gland present in some arthropods, notably in millipedes of the order Polydesmida External Anatomy of Polydesmida.
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Papilionoidea
The superfamily Papilionoidea (from the genus Papilio, meaning "butterfly") contains all the butterflies except for the moth-like Hedyloidea.
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Parapatric speciation
In parapatric speciation, two subpopulations of a species evolve reproductive isolation from one another while continuing to exchange genes.
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Parasitic worm
Parasitic worms, also known as helminths, are large macroparasites; adults can generally be seen with the naked eye.
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Parasitoid
In evolutionary ecology, a parasitoid is an organism that lives in close association with its host at the host's expense, eventually resulting in the death of the host.
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Pedipalp
Pedipalps (commonly shortened to palps or palpi) are the secondary pair of forward appendages among chelicerates – a group of arthropods including spiders, scorpions, horseshoe crabs, and sea spiders.
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Phloem
Phloem is the living tissue in vascular plants that transports the soluble organic compounds made during photosynthesis and known as photosynthates, in particular the sugar sucrose, to the rest of the plant.
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Phytotoxicity
Phytotoxicity describes any adverse effects on plant growth, physiology, or metabolism caused by a chemical substance, such as high levels of fertilizers, herbicides, heavy metals, or nanoparticles.
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Plesiomorphy and symplesiomorphy
In phylogenetics, a plesiomorphy ("near form") and symplesiomorphy are synonyms for an ancestral character shared by all members of a clade, which does not distinguish the clade from other clades.
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Polyethism
Polyethism is the term used for functional specialization of non-reproductive individuals in a colony of social organisms, particularly insects.
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Proboscis
A proboscis is an elongated appendage from the head of an animal, either a vertebrate or an invertebrate.
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Prognathism
Prognathism is a positional relationship of the mandible or maxilla to the skeletal base where either of the jaws protrudes beyond a predetermined imaginary line in the coronal plane of the skull.
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Proleg
A proleg is a small, fleshy, stub structure found on the ventral surface of the abdomen of most larval forms of insects of the order Lepidoptera, though they can also be found on larvae of insects such as sawflies.
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Prothorax
The prothorax is the foremost of the three segments in the thorax of an insect, and bears the first pair of legs.
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Protura
The Protura, or proturans, and sometimes nicknamed coneheads, are very small (0.6–1.5mm long), soil-dwelling animals, so inconspicuous they were not noticed until the 20th century.
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Pterostigma
The pterostigma (plural: pterostigmata) is a group of specialized cells in the outer wings of insects, which are often thickened or coloured, and thus stand out from other cells.
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Pulmonary alveolus
A pulmonary alveolus (alveoli, from Latin alveolus, "little cavity"), also known as an air sac or air space, is one of millions of hollow, distensible cup-shaped cavities in the lungs where pulmonary gas exchange takes place.
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Pupa
A pupa (pupae) is the life stage of some insects undergoing transformation between immature and mature stages.
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Pyrgotidae
The Pyrgotidae are an unusual family of flies (Diptera), one of only two families of Cyclorrhapha that lack ocelli.
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Pyrrolizidine alkaloid sequestration
Pyrrolizidine alkaloid sequestration by insects is a strategy to facilitate defense and mating.
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Rhizome
In botany and dendrology, a rhizome is a modified subterranean plant stem that sends out roots and shoots from its nodes. Rhizomes are also called creeping rootstalks or just rootstalks. Rhizomes develop from axillary buds and grow horizontally. The rhizome also retains the ability to allow new shoots to grow upwards.
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Riodinidae
Riodinidae is the family of metalmark butterflies.
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Saprophagy
Saprophages are organisms that obtain nutrients by consuming decomposing dead plant or animal biomass.
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Saturniidae
Saturniidae, members of which are commonly named the saturniids, is a family of Lepidoptera with an estimated 2,300 described species.
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Scavenger
Scavengers are animals that consume dead organisms that have died from causes other than predation or have been killed by other predators.
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Sensu
Sensu is a Latin word meaning "in the sense of".
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Skipper (butterfly)
Skippers are a group of butterflies placed in the family Hesperiidae within the order Lepidoptera (moths and butterflies).
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Species
A species (species) is often defined as the largest group of organisms in which any two individuals of the appropriate sexes or mating types can produce fertile offspring, typically by sexual reproduction.
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Spiracle (arthropods)
A spiracle or stigma is the opening in the exoskeletons of insects, myriapods, velvet worms and many arachnids to allow air to enter the trachea.
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Spore
In biology, a spore is a unit of sexual (in fungi) or asexual reproduction that may be adapted for dispersal and for survival, often for extended periods of time, in unfavourable conditions.
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Springtail
Springtails (Collembola) form the largest of the three lineages of modern hexapods that are no longer considered insects (the other two are the Protura and Diplura).
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Swallowtail butterfly
Swallowtail butterflies are large, colorful butterflies in the family Papilionidae, and include over 550 species.
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Sympatry
In biology, two related species or populations are considered sympatric when they exist in the same geographic area and thus frequently encounter one another.
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Tephritidae
The Tephritidae are one of two fly families referred to as fruit flies, the other family being the Drosophilidae.
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Thorax
The thorax (thoraces or thoraxes) or chest is a part of the anatomy of mammals and other tetrapod animals located between the neck and the abdomen.
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Thorax (arthropod anatomy)
The thorax is the midsection (tagma) of the hexapod body (insects and entognathans).
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Thysanura
Thysanura is the now deprecated name of what was, for over a century, recognised as an order in the class Insecta.
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Trachea
The trachea (tracheae or tracheas), also known as the windpipe, is a cartilaginous tube that connects the larynx to the bronchi of the lungs, allowing the passage of air, and so is present in almost all animals with lungs.
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Valve
A valve is a device or natural object that regulates, directs or controls the flow of a fluid (gases, liquids, fluidized solids, or slurries) by opening, closing, or partially obstructing various passageways.
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Velcro
Velcro IP Holdings LLC, doing business as Velcro Companies and commonly referred to as Velcro (pronounced), is a British privately held company, founded by Swiss electrical engineer George de Mestral in the 1950s.
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Vertex (anatomy)
In arthropod and vertebrate anatomy, the vertex (or cranial vertex) is the highest point of the head.
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Xylophagy
Xylophagy is a term used in ecology to describe the habits of an herbivorous animal whose diet consists primarily (often solely) of wood.
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Zygentoma
Zygentoma are an order in the class Insecta, and consist of about 550 known species.
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See also
Entomology
- Caterpillar inflation
- Coleopterology
- Compound eye
- Conservation and restoration of insect specimens
- Decline in insect populations
- Deyrolle
- Entomological warfare
- Entomologists
- Entomology
- Figulus (beetle)
- Forensic entomology
- Glossary of entomology terms
- Ida M. Eliot
- Insect
- Insects (journal)
- Insects in art
- Insects in literature
- Insects in medicine
- Insects in music
- Insects in mythology
- Insects in religion
- International Congress of Entomology
- J. O. Westwood Medal
- Lateral accessory lobes
- Lepidopterology
- Lincoln University Entomology Research Collection
- List of insect-inspired songs
- Myrmecology
- Odonatology
- Stingless bee
- Timeline of entomology
- Timeline of entomology – 1800–1850
- Timeline of entomology – 1850–1900
- Timeline of entomology – prior to 1800
- Timeline of entomology since 1900
Glossaries of zoology
- Anatomical terms of neuroanatomy
- Glossary of ant terms
- Glossary of arthropod cuticle
- Glossary of beekeeping
- Glossary of bird terms
- Glossary of dinosaur anatomy
- Glossary of entomology terms
- Glossary of equestrian terms
- Glossary of fishery terms
- Glossary of gastropod terms
- Glossary of ichthyology
- Glossary of mammalian dental topography
- Glossary of scientific naming
- Glossary of sheep husbandry
- Glossary of spider terms
References
Also known as Acariphagous, Accessory gland, Accessory pulsatile organs, Acrostichal bristles, Active space, Adecticous, Alar squama, Alary muscles, Algophagous, Anal angle, Anasa wilt, Antenodal veins, Anthophagous, Anthophagy, Anticoagulin, Apex (entomology), Aphidophagous, Aphidophagy, Bryophagous, Bryophagy, Carpophagous, Carpophagy, Catenulate, Ceratophagous, Ceratophagy, Chaetosema, Chaetosemata, Cilia (entomology), Cilium (entomology), Clavate, Clavately, Coccidophagous, Coccidophagy, Copromycetophagous, Copromycetophagy, Costa (entomology), Decticous, Dendrophagous, Dendrophagy, Dentate wing, Detritophagy, Discal area, Discal cell, Discocellular, Ectognathous, Entomonecrophagy, Epiproct, Genae, Glabrousness (entomology), Glossary of Lepidopteran terms, Glossary of entomology, Glossary of lepidoterology terms, Helminthophagous, Helminthophagy, Herbiphagous, Herbiphagy, Hypognathous, Interspace, Irrorated, Irroration, Keratophagy, Lichenophagous, Lichenophagy, Lines of weakness, Macrochaete, Malacophagous, Malacophagy, Mixomycetophagous, Mixomycetophagy, Nervure, Nodus, Obtect, Occipital suture, Occiput (insect), Ocular structure, Onisciform, Opisthognathous, Orbicular spot, Orbicular stigma, Palynophagous, Palynophagy, Phleophagous, Phleophagy, Phloeophagous, Phloeophagy, Phyllophagy, Pollinophagous, Pollinophagy, Porrect, Postoccipital suture, Reniform spot, Reniform stigma, Rhizophagous, Rhizophagy, Saltatorial, Sapromycetophagous, Sapromycetophagy, Sarconecrophag, Sarconecrophagy, Schisophagy, Sporophagous, Sporophagy, Subgenal suture, Synovigenic, Termen (entomology), Tornal, Tornal prominence, Tornus (insect anatomy), Xylomycetophagous, Xylomycetophagy, Zoomycetophagous, Zoomycetophagy, Zoophagous, Zoophagy.