Clearwing: alternatives and connections

Belonging to, or resembling, a family, or order, of plants of which the cashew tree is the type, and the species of sumac are well kno…

The spiral tubular proboscis of lepidopterous insects. See Lepidoptera.

A fruit allied to the plum, of an orange color, oval shape, and delicious taste; also, the tree (Prunus Armeniaca of Linnaeus) which b…

A lepidopterous insect, which in the larval state often travels in great multitudes from field to field, destroying grass, grain, and…

One of several lepidopterous insects which construct, in the larval state, a baglike case which they carry about for protection. One s…

A heavy mallet, used to drive wedges, beat pavements, etc.

Any small fleshy fruit, as the strawberry, mulberry, huckleberry, etc.

Pertaining to, or resembling, a family of endogenous and mostly epiphytic or saxicolous plants of which the genera Tillandsia and Bill…

One of a tribe of beetles, of the genus Buprestis and allied genera, usually with brilliant metallic colors. The larvae are usually bo…

The larval state of a butterfly or any lepidopterous insect; sometimes, but less commonly, the larval state of other insects, as the s…

A city of Greece, famed for its luxury and extravagance.

A Crawford peach; a well-known freestone peach, with yellow flesh, first raised by Mr. William Crawford, of New Jersey.

A small kind of seedless raisin, imported from the Levant, chiefly from Zante and Cephalonia; -- used in cookery.

Destitute, or partially destitute, of light; not receiving, reflecting, or radiating light; wholly or partially black, or of some deep…

Having a position intermediate between erect and patent, or spreading.

To move in or pass thorugh the air with wings, as a bird.

One who has charge of the growing timber on an estate; an officer appointed to watch a forest and preserve the game.

The black currant; also, the wild plum.