One of the Insecta; esp., one of the Hexapoda. See Insecta.
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One of the Arthropoda.
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A heavy mallet, used to drive wedges, beat pavements, etc.
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A bugbear; anything which terrifies.
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An insect of the order Diptera.
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Any insect of the genus Forticula and related genera, belonging to the order Euplexoptera.
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Beginning and ending in a day; existing only, or no longer than, a day; diurnal; as, an ephemeral flower.
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One of the ephemeral flies.
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To flay.
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An insect that deposits its eggs in plants, and occasions galls, esp. any small hymenopteran of the genus Cynips and allied genera. See Illust. of Ga…
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One of the Hemiptera; an hemipter.
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Those insects which have a complete metamorphosis; metabola.
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An homopter.
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One of the Hymenoptera.
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One of the Hymenoptera.
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An image.
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Any one of numerous species of small, wingless, suctorial, parasitic insects belonging to a tribe (Pediculina), now usually regarded as degraded Hemi…
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Alt. of Metabole
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A neuropter.
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One of the Orthoptera.
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Any orthopterous insect of the family Phasmidae, as a leaf insect or a stick insect.
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Any insect in that stage of its metamorphosis which usually immediately precedes the adult, or imago, stage.
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The wife of a king.
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Any one of numerous species of small apterous insects belonging to the order Thysanura. They have two elastic caudal stylets which can be bent under…
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Any one of numerous species of pseudoneoropterous insects belonging to Termes and allied genera; -- called also white ant. See Illust. of White ant.
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One of the Thysanoptera.
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One of the Trichoptera.
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One who, or that which, works; a laborer; a performer; as, a worker in brass.
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One of the spaces in different parts of the bodies of birds, which are filled with air and connected with the air passages of the lungs; an air cell.
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A winglike organ, or part.
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The frontal plate of the head of an insect.
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The front median plate of the labium in insects. See Labium.
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The part of the trunk between the neck and the abdomen, containing that part of the body cavity the walls of which are supported by the dorsal verteb…
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One of the two anterior limbs of a bird, pterodactyl, or bat. They correspond to the arms of man, and are usually modified for flight, but in the cas…
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A collection of visible vapor, or watery particles, suspended in the upper atmosphere.
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To climb a tree, pole, or the like, by embracing it with the arms and legs alternately. See Shin.
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Any one of numerous species of small, wingless, suctorial, parasitic insects belonging to a tribe (Pediculina), now usually regarded as degraded Hemi…
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A creeping or a crawling animal of any kind or size, as a serpent, caterpillar, snail, or the like.
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