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Analogue
noun · 78% connection
That which is analogous to, or corresponds with, some other thing.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: genus, small, beetles, many, species.
Ant-cattle
noun · 78% connection
Various kinds of plant lice or aphids tended by ants for the sake of the honeydew which they secrete. See Aphips.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: genus, small, beetles, many, species.
Anthrenus
noun · 78% connection
A genus of small beetles, several of which, in the larval state, are very destructive to woolen goods, fur, etc. The common "museum pe…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: genus, small, beetles, many, species.
Aphidophagous
adjective · 78% connection
Feeding upon aphides, or plant lice, as do beetles of the family Coccinellidae.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: genus, small, beetles, many, species.
Aphis
noun · 78% connection
A genus of insects belonging to the order Hemiptera and family Aphidae, including numerous species known as plant lice and green flies.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: genus, small, beetles, many, species.
Aphis lion
unknown · 78% connection
The larva of the lacewinged flies (Chrysopa), which feeds voraciously upon aphids. The name is also applied to the larvae of the ladyb…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: genus, small, beetles, many, species.
Botfly
noun · 78% connection
A dipterous insect of the family (Estridae, of many different species, some of which are particularly troublesome to domestic animals,…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: genus, small, beetles, many, species.
Bots
n. pl. · 78% connection
The larvae of several species of botfly, especially those larvae which infest the stomach, throat, or intestines of the horse, and are…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: genus, small, beetles, many, species.
Brachelytra
n. pl. · 78% connection
A group of beetles having short elytra, as the rove beetles.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: genus, small, beetles, many, species.
Buprestidan
noun · 78% connection
One of a tribe of beetles, of the genus Buprestis and allied genera, usually with brilliant metallic colors. The larvae are usually bo…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: genus, small, beetles, many, species.
Carabus
noun · 78% connection
A genus of ground beetles, including numerous species. They devour many injurious insects.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: genus, small, beetles, many, species.
Chalcid fly
unknown · 78% connection
One of a numerous family of hymenopterous insects (Chalcididae. Many are gallflies, others are parasitic on insects.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: genus, small, beetles, many, species.
Chalcidfly
noun · 78% connection
any of various tiny insects whose larvae are parasites on eggs and larvae of other insects; many are beneficial in destroying injuriou…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: genus, small, beetles, many, species.
Curculio
noun · 78% connection
One of a large group of beetles (Rhynchophora) of many genera; -- called also weevils, snout beetles, billbeetles, and billbugs. Many…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: genus, small, beetles, many, species.
Cutworm
noun · 78% connection
A caterpillar which at night eats off young plants of cabbage, corn, etc., usually at the ground. Some kinds ascend fruit trees and ea…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: genus, small, beetles, many, species.
Dermestes
noun · 78% connection
A genus of coleopterous insects, the larvae of which feed animal substances. They are very destructive to dries meats, skins, woolens,…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: genus, small, beetles, many, species.
Epizoon
noun · 78% connection
One of the artificial group of invertebrates of various kinds, which live parasitically upon the exterior of other animals; an ectozoo…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: genus, small, beetles, many, species.
Gall
noun · 78% connection
The bitter, alkaline, viscid fluid found in the gall bladder, beneath the liver. It consists of the secretion of the liver, or bile, m…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: genus, small, beetles, many, species.
