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Amphipoda
n. pl. · 78% connection
A numerous group of fourteen -- footed Crustacea, inhabiting both fresh and salt water. The body is usually compressed laterally, and…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: principal, orders, myriapods, numerous, segments.
Annelida
n. pl. · 78% connection
A division of the Articulata, having the body formed of numerous rings or annular segments, and without jointed legs. The principal su…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: principal, orders, myriapods, numerous, segments.
Base pair
noun · 78% connection
one of the pairs of chemical bases joined by hydrogen bonds that connect the complementary strands of a DNA molecule or of an RNA mole…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: principal, orders, myriapods, numerous, segments.
Caterpillar
noun · 78% connection
The larval state of a butterfly or any lepidopterous insect; sometimes, but less commonly, the larval state of other insects, as the s…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: principal, orders, myriapods, numerous, segments.
Chilopoda
n. pl. · 78% connection
One of the orders of myriapods, including the centipeds. They have a single pair of elongated legs attached laterally to each segment;…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: principal, orders, myriapods, numerous, segments.
Clavicle
noun · 78% connection
The collar bone, which is joined at one end to the scapula, or shoulder blade, and at the other to the sternum, or breastbone. In man…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: principal, orders, myriapods, numerous, segments.
Curvet
noun · 78% connection
A particular leap of a horse, when he raises both his fore legs at once, equally advanced, and, as his fore legs are falling, raises h…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: principal, orders, myriapods, numerous, segments.
Daddy longlegs
unknown · 78% connection
A name applied to many species of dipterous insects of the genus Tipula, and allied genera, with slender bodies, and very long, slende…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: principal, orders, myriapods, numerous, segments.
Diplopoda
n. pl. · 78% connection
An order of myriapods having two pairs of legs on each segment; the Chilognatha.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: principal, orders, myriapods, numerous, segments.
Dogbane
noun · 78% connection
A small genus of perennial herbaceous plants, with poisonous milky juice, bearing slender pods pods in pairs.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: principal, orders, myriapods, numerous, segments.
Epimere
noun · 78% connection
One of the segments of the transverse axis, or the so called homonymous parts; as, for example, one of the several segments of the ext…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: principal, orders, myriapods, numerous, segments.
Galley-worm
noun · 78% connection
A chilognath myriapod of the genus Iulus, and allied genera, having numerous short legs along the sides; a milliped or "thousand legs.…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: principal, orders, myriapods, numerous, segments.
Inchworm
noun · 78% connection
small hairless caterpillar having legs on only its front and rear segments; mostly larvae of moths of the family Geometridae
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: principal, orders, myriapods, numerous, segments.
Insecta
n. pl. · 78% connection
One of the classes of Arthropoda, including those that have one pair of antennae, three pairs of mouth organs, and breathe air by mean…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: principal, orders, myriapods, numerous, segments.
Isopod
noun · 78% connection
any of various small terrestrial or aquatic crustaceans with seven pairs of legs adapted for crawling
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: principal, orders, myriapods, numerous, segments.
Iulus
noun · 78% connection
A genus of chilognathous myriapods. The body is long and round, consisting of numerous smooth, equal segments, each of which bears two…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: principal, orders, myriapods, numerous, segments.
Kangaroo
noun · 78% connection
Any one of numerous species of jumping marsupials of the family Macropodidae. They inhabit Australia, New Guinea, and adjacent islands…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: principal, orders, myriapods, numerous, segments.
Laemodipoda
n. pl. · 78% connection
A division of amphipod Crustacea, in which the abdomen is small or rudimentary and the legs are often reduced to five pairs. The whale…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: principal, orders, myriapods, numerous, segments.
