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Acephalocyst
noun · 78% connection
A larval entozoon in the form of a subglobular or oval vesicle, or hydatid, filled with fluid, sometimes found in the tissues of man a…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: footless, larva, larval.
Actinotrocha
n. pl. · 78% connection
A peculiar larval form of Phoronis, a genus of marine worms, having a circle of ciliated tentacles.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: footless, larva, larval.
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: footless, larva, larval.
Apodal
noun · 78% connection
Without feet; footless.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: footless, larva, larval.
Army worm
unknown · 78% connection
A lepidopterous insect, which in the larval state often travels in great multitudes from field to field, destroying grass, grain, and…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: footless, larva, larval.
Bagworm
noun · 78% connection
One of several lepidopterous insects which construct, in the larval state, a baglike case which they carry about for protection. One s…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: footless, larva, larval.
Bark beetle
unknown · 78% connection
A small beetle of many species (family Scolytidae), which in the larval state bores under or in the bark of trees, often doing great d…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: footless, larva, larval.
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: footless, larva, larval.
Brachiolaria
n. pl. · 78% connection
A peculiar early larval stage of certain starfishes, having a bilateral structure, and swimming by means of bands of vibrating cilia.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: footless, larva, larval.
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: footless, larva, larval.
Cercaria
noun · 78% connection
The larval form of a trematode worm having the shape of a tadpole, with its body terminated by a tail-like appendage.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: footless, larva, larval.
Cilia
n. pl. · 78% connection
Small, generally microscopic, vibrating appendages lining certain organs, as the air passages of the higher animals, and in the lower…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: footless, larva, larval.
Cocoon
noun · 78% connection
An oblong case in which the silkworm lies in its chrysalis state. It is formed of threads of silk spun by the worm just before leaving…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: footless, larva, larval.
Coenurus
noun · 78% connection
The larval stage of a tapeworm (Taenia coenurus) which forms bladderlike sacs in the brain of sheep, causing the fatal disease known a…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: footless, larva, larval.
Cysticercus
noun · 78% connection
The larval form of a tapeworm, having the head and neck of a tapeworm attached to a saclike body filled with fluid; -- called also bla…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: footless, larva, larval.
Dayfly
noun · 78% connection
A neuropterous insect of the genus Ephemera and related genera, of many species, and inhabiting fresh water in the larval state; the e…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: footless, larva, larval.
Echinococcus
noun · 78% connection
A parasite of man and of many domestic and wild animals, forming compound cysts or tumors (called hydatid cysts) in various organs, bu…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: footless, larva, larval.
Encystment
noun · 78% connection
A process by which many internal parasites, esp. in their larval states, become inclosed within a cyst in the muscles, liver, etc. See…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: footless, larva, larval.
