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Acaridan
noun · 78% connection
One of a group of arachnids, including the mites and ticks.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: true, six-legged, insects, myriapods, arachnids.
Carbohydrate
noun · 78% connection
One of a group of compounds including the sugars, starches, and gums, which contain six (or some multiple of six) carbon atoms, united…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: true, six-legged, insects, myriapods, arachnids.
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: true, six-legged, insects, myriapods, arachnids.
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: true, six-legged, insects, myriapods, arachnids.
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: true, six-legged, insects, myriapods, arachnids.
Chilognatha
n. pl. · 78% connection
One of the two principal orders of myriapods. They have numerous segments, each bearing two pairs of small, slender legs, which are at…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: true, six-legged, insects, myriapods, arachnids.
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: true, six-legged, insects, myriapods, arachnids.
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: true, six-legged, insects, myriapods, arachnids.
Funiculus
noun · 78% connection
A cord, baud, or bundle of fibers; esp., one of the small bundles of fibers, of which large nerves are made up; applied also to differ…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: true, six-legged, insects, myriapods, arachnids.
Hexagonal
adjective · 78% connection
Having six sides and six angles; six-sided.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: true, six-legged, insects, myriapods, arachnids.
Horse
noun · 78% connection
A hoofed quadruped of the genus Equus; especially, the domestic horse (E. caballus), which was domesticated in Egypt and Asia at a ver…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: true, six-legged, insects, myriapods, arachnids.
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: true, six-legged, insects, myriapods, arachnids.
Iulidan
noun · 78% connection
One of the Iulidae, a family of myriapods, of which the genus Iulus is the type. See Iulus.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: true, six-legged, insects, myriapods, arachnids.
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: true, six-legged, insects, myriapods, arachnids.
Legged
adjective · 78% connection
Having (such or so many) legs; -- used in composition; as, a long-legged man; a two-legged animal.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: true, six-legged, insects, myriapods, arachnids.
Leptus
noun · 78% connection
The six-legged young, or larva, of certain mites; -- sometimes used as a generic name. See Harvest mite, under Harvest.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: true, six-legged, insects, myriapods, arachnids.
Linguatulina
n. pl. · 78% connection
An order of wormlike, degraded, parasitic arachnids. They have two pairs of retractile hooks, near the mouth. Called also Pentastomida.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: true, six-legged, insects, myriapods, arachnids.
Mite
noun · 78% connection
A minute arachnid, of the order Acarina, of which there are many species; as, the cheese mite, sugar mite, harvest mite, etc. See Acar…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: true, six-legged, insects, myriapods, arachnids.
