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Analogue
noun · 78% connection
A species or genus in one country closely related to a species of the same genus, or a genus of the same group, in another: such speci…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: coleopterous, insect, genus, lampyris, wingless.
Bedbug
noun · 78% connection
A wingless, bloodsucking, hemipterous insect (Cimex Lectularius), sometimes infesting houses and especially beds. See Illustration in…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: coleopterous, insect, genus, lampyris, wingless.
Berna fly
unknown · 78% connection
A Brazilian dipterous insect of the genus Trypeta, which lays its eggs in the nostrils or in wounds of man and beast, where the larvae…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: coleopterous, insect, genus, lampyris, wingless.
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: coleopterous, insect, genus, lampyris, wingless.
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: coleopterous, insect, genus, lampyris, wingless.
Bristletail
noun · 78% connection
small wingless insect with a long bristlelike tail
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: coleopterous, insect, genus, lampyris, wingless.
Cochineal
unknown · 78% connection
A dyestuff consisting of the dried bodies of females of the Coccus cacti, an insect native in Mexico, Central America, etc., and found…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: coleopterous, insect, genus, lampyris, wingless.
Deathwatch
noun · 78% connection
A small wingless insect, of the family Psocidae, which makes a similar but fainter sound; -- called also deathtick.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: coleopterous, insect, genus, lampyris, wingless.
Deer
n. sing. & pl. · 78% connection
A ruminant of the genus Cervus, of many species, and of related genera of the family Cervidae. The males, and in some species the fema…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: coleopterous, insect, genus, lampyris, wingless.
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: coleopterous, insect, genus, lampyris, wingless.
Emmet
noun · 78% connection
social insect living in organized colonies; characteristically the males and fertile queen have wings during breeding season; wingless…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: coleopterous, insect, genus, lampyris, wingless.
Flea
noun · 78% connection
any wingless bloodsucking parasitic insect noted for ability to leap
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: coleopterous, insect, genus, lampyris, wingless.
Garfish
noun · 78% connection
One of several species of similar fishes of the genus Tylosurus, of which one species (T. marinus) is common on the Atlantic coast. T.…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: coleopterous, insect, genus, lampyris, wingless.
Goatsucker
noun · 78% connection
One of several species of insectivorous birds, belonging to Caprimulgus and allied genera, esp. the European species (Caprimulgus Euro…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: coleopterous, insect, genus, lampyris, wingless.
Hesperornis
noun · 78% connection
A genus of large, extinct, wingless birds from the Cretaceous deposits of Kansas, belonging to the Odontornithes. They had teeth, and…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: coleopterous, insect, genus, lampyris, wingless.
Heterogynous
adjective · 78% connection
Having females very unlike the males in form and structure; -- as certain insects, the males of which are winged, and the females wing…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: coleopterous, insect, genus, lampyris, wingless.
Horntail
noun · 78% connection
Any one of family (Uroceridae) of large hymenopterous insects, allied to the sawflies. The larvae bore in the wood of trees. So called…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: coleopterous, insect, genus, lampyris, wingless.
Kermes
noun · 78% connection
The dried bodies of the females of a scale insect (Coccus ilicis), allied to the cochineal insect, and found on several species of oak…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: coleopterous, insect, genus, lampyris, wingless.
