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insect
(encz) | insect,hmyz web |
Insect
(gcide) | Insect \In"sect\, a.
1. Of or pertaining to an insect or insects.
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2. Like an insect; small; mean; ephemeral.
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Insect
(gcide) | Insect \In"sect\ ([i^]n"s[e^]kt), n. [F. insecte, L. insectum,
fr. insectus, p. p. of insecare to cut in. See Section. The
name was originally given to certain small animals, whose
bodies appear cut in, or almost divided. Cf. Entomology.]
1. (Zool.) One of the Insecta; esp., one of the Hexapoda. See
Insecta.
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Note: The hexapod insects pass through three stages during
their growth, viz., the larva, pupa, and imago or
adult, but in some of the orders the larva differs
little from the imago, except in lacking wings, and the
active pupa is very much like the larva, except in
having rudiments of wings. In the higher orders, the
larva is usually a grub, maggot, or caterpillar,
totally unlike the adult, while the pupa is very
different from both larva and imago and is inactive,
taking no food.
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2. (Zool.) Any air-breathing arthropod, as a spider or
scorpion.
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3. (Zool.) Any small crustacean. In a wider sense, the word
is often loosely applied to various small invertebrates.
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4. Fig.: Any small, trivial, or contemptible person or thing.
--Thomson.
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Insect powder,a powder used for the extermination of
insects; esp., the powdered flowers of certain species of
Pyrethrum, a genus now merged in Chrysanthemum. Called
also Persian powder.
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insect
(wn) | insect
n 1: small air-breathing arthropod
2: a person who has a nasty or unethical character undeserving
of respect [syn: worm, louse, insect, dirt ball] |
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bioinsecticide
(encz) | bioinsecticide,bioinsekticid [eko.] RNDr. Pavel Piskač |
class insecta
(encz) | class Insecta, n: |
coccid insect
(encz) | coccid insect, n: |
cochineal insect
(encz) | cochineal insect, n: |
contact insecticide
(encz) | contact insecticide,kontaktní insekticid [eko.] RNDr. Pavel Piskač |
dictyopterous insect
(encz) | dictyopterous insect, n: |
dipterous insect
(encz) | dipterous insect, n: |
disinsection
(encz) | disinsection,dezinsekce [eko.] RNDr. Pavel Piskač |
fumigation insectoacaricide
(encz) | fumigation insectoacaricide,fumigující insektoakaricid [eko.] RNDr.
Pavel Piskač |
hemipterous insect
(encz) | hemipterous insect, n: |
heteropterous insect
(encz) | heteropterous insect, n: |
homopterous insect
(encz) | homopterous insect, n: |
hymenopterous insect
(encz) | hymenopterous insect, n: |
insect
(encz) | insect,hmyz web |
insect bite
(encz) | insect bite, n: |
insect powder
(encz) | insect powder, n: |
insect repellant
(encz) | insect repellant, n: |
insect repellent
(encz) | insect repellent, n: |
insecta
(encz) | Insecta, |
insectan
(encz) | insectan, adj: |
insecticidal
(encz) | insecticidal,insekticidní adj: Zdeněk Brož |
insecticide
(encz) | insecticide,insekticid n: Zdeněk Brož |
insectifuge
(encz) | insectifuge, n: |
insectivora
(encz) | Insectivora, |
insectivore
(encz) | insectivore,hmyzožravec n: Zdeněk Brožinsectivore,insektivor [eko.] RNDr. Pavel Piskač |
insectivorous
(encz) | insectivorous,hmyzožravý adj: Zdeněk Brož |
insectlike
(encz) | insectlike, adj: |
insectoacaricide
(encz) | insectoacaricide,insektoakaricid [eko.] RNDr. Pavel Piskač |
insectofungicide
(encz) | insectofungicide,insektofungicid [eko.] RNDr. Pavel Piskač |
insects
(encz) | insects,hmyz |
intestinal insecticide
(encz) | intestinal insecticide,požerový insekticid [eko.] RNDr. Pavel Piskač |
leaf insect
(encz) | leaf insect, n: |
lepidopterous insect
(encz) | lepidopterous insect, n: |
neuropterous insect
(encz) | neuropterous insect, n: |
order insectivora
(encz) | order Insectivora, n: |
orthopterous insect
(encz) | orthopterous insect, n: |
phasmid insect
(encz) | phasmid insect, n: |
psocopterous insect
(encz) | psocopterous insect, n: |
scale insect
(encz) | scale insect,červec n: Zdeněk Brož |
small insect
(encz) | small insect,brouček Zdeněk Brož |
spittle insect
(encz) | spittle insect, n: |
stick insect
(encz) | stick insect,pakobylka n: Zdeněk Brož |
system insecticide
(encz) | system insecticide,systémový insekticid [eko.] RNDr. Pavel Piskač |
thysanopterous insect
(encz) | thysanopterous insect, n: |
thysanuran insect
(encz) | thysanuran insect, n: |
trichopterous insect
(encz) | trichopterous insect, n: |
two-winged insects
(encz) | two-winged insects, n: |
wax insect
(encz) | wax insect,červec n: [zoo.] PetrV |
boat insect
(gcide) | Boat bug \Boat" bug`\ (Zool.)
An aquatic hemipterous insect of the genus Notonecta; -- so
called from swimming on its back, which gives it the
appearance of a little boat. Called also boat fly, {boat
insect}, boatman, and water boatman.
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coral insects
(gcide) | Coral \Cor"al\, n. [Of. coral, F, corail, L. corallum, coralium,
fr. Gr. kora`llion.]
1. (Zool.) The hard parts or skeleton of various Anthozoa,
and of a few Hydrozoa. Similar structures are also formed
by some Bryozoa.
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Note: The large stony corals forming coral reefs belong to
various genera of Madreporaria, and to the hydroid
genus, Millepora. The red coral, used in jewelry, is
the stony axis of the stem of a gorgonian ({Corallium
rubrum}) found chiefly in the Mediterranean. The {fan
corals}, plume corals, and sea feathers are species
of Gorgoniacea, in which the axis is horny.
Organ-pipe coral is formed by the genus Tubipora, an
Alcyonarian, and black coral is in part the axis of
species of the genus Antipathes. See Anthozoa,
Madrepora.
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2. The ovaries of a cooked lobster; -- so called from their
color.
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3. A piece of coral, usually fitted with small bells and
other appurtenances, used by children as a plaything.
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Brain coral, or Brain stone coral. See under Brain.
Chain coral. See under Chain.
Coral animal (Zool.), one of the polyps by which corals are
formed. They are often very erroneously called {coral
insects}.
Coral fish. See in the Vocabulary.
Coral reefs (Phys. Geog.), reefs, often of great extent,
made up chiefly of fragments of corals, coral sands, and
the solid limestone resulting from their consolidation.
They are classed as fringing reefs, when they border the
land; barrier reefs, when separated from the shore by a
broad belt of water; atolls, when they constitute
separate islands, usually inclosing a lagoon. See Atoll.
Coral root (Bot.), a genus (Corallorhiza) of orchideous
plants, of a yellowish or brownish red color, parasitic on
roots of other plants, and having curious jointed or
knotted roots not unlike some kinds of coral. See Illust.
under Coralloid.
Coral snake. (Zo)
(a) A small, venomous, Brazilian snake {(Elaps
corallinus)}, coral-red, with black bands.
(b) A small, harmless, South American snake ({Tortrix
scytale}).
Coral tree (Bot.), a tropical, leguminous plant, of several
species, with showy, scarlet blossoms and coral-red seeds.
The best known is Erythrina Corallodendron.
Coral wood, a hard, red cabinet wood. --McElrath.
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Froth insect
(gcide) | Froth \Froth\, n. [OE. frothe, Icel. fro[eth]a; akin to Dan.
fraade, Sw. fradga, AS. [=a]freo[eth]an to froth.]
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1. The bubbles caused in fluids or liquors by fermentation or
agitation; spume; foam; esp., a spume of saliva caused by
disease or nervous excitement.
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2. Any empty, senseless show of wit or eloquence; rhetoric
without thought. --Johnson.
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It was a long speech, but all froth. --L'Estrange.
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3. Light, unsubstantial matter. --Tusser.
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Froth insect (Zool.), the cuckoo spit or frog hopper; --
called also froth spit, froth worm, and froth fly.
Froth spit. See Cuckoo spit, under Cuckoo.
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Gall insect
(gcide) | Gall \Gall\ (g[add]l), n. [F. galle, noix de galle, fr. L.
galla.] (Zool.)
An excrescence of any form produced on any part of a plant by
insects or their larvae. They are most commonly caused by
small Hymenoptera and Diptera which puncture the bark and lay
their eggs in the wounds. The larvae live within the galls.
Some galls are due to aphids, mites, etc. See Gallnut.
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Note: The galls, or gallnuts, of commerce are produced by
insects of the genus Cynips, chiefly on an oak
(Quercus infectoria syn. Quercus Lusitanica) of
Western Asia and Southern Europe. They contain much
tannin, and are used in the manufacture of that article
and for making ink and a black dye, as well as in
medicine.
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Gall insect (Zool.), any insect that produces galls.
Gall midge (Zool.), any small dipterous insect that
produces galls.
Gall oak, the oak (Quercus infectoria) which yields the
galls of commerce.
Gall of glass, the neutral salt skimmed off from the
surface of melted crown glass;- called also glass gall
and sandiver. --Ure.
Gall wasp. (Zool.) See Gallfly.
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Insect powder
(gcide) | Insect \In"sect\ ([i^]n"s[e^]kt), n. [F. insecte, L. insectum,
fr. insectus, p. p. of insecare to cut in. See Section. The
name was originally given to certain small animals, whose
bodies appear cut in, or almost divided. Cf. Entomology.]
1. (Zool.) One of the Insecta; esp., one of the Hexapoda. See
Insecta.
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Note: The hexapod insects pass through three stages during
their growth, viz., the larva, pupa, and imago or
adult, but in some of the orders the larva differs
little from the imago, except in lacking wings, and the
active pupa is very much like the larva, except in
having rudiments of wings. In the higher orders, the
larva is usually a grub, maggot, or caterpillar,
totally unlike the adult, while the pupa is very
different from both larva and imago and is inactive,
taking no food.
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2. (Zool.) Any air-breathing arthropod, as a spider or
scorpion.
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3. (Zool.) Any small crustacean. In a wider sense, the word
is often loosely applied to various small invertebrates.
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4. Fig.: Any small, trivial, or contemptible person or thing.
--Thomson.
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Insect powder,a powder used for the extermination of
insects; esp., the powdered flowers of certain species of
Pyrethrum, a genus now merged in Chrysanthemum. Called
also Persian powder.
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Insecta
(gcide) | Insecta \In*sec"ta\, n. pl. [NL. See Insect.]
1. (Zool.) One of the classes of Arthropoda, including those
that have one pair of antenn[ae], three pairs of mouth
organs, and breathe air by means of trache[ae], opening by
spiracles along the sides of the body. In this sense it
includes the Hexapoda, or six-legged insects and the
Myriapoda, with numerous legs. See Insect, n.
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2. (Zool.) In a more restricted sense, the Hexapoda alone.
See Hexapoda.
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3. (Zool.) In the most general sense, the Hexapoda,
Myriapoda, and Arachnoidea, combined.
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Note: The typical Insecta, or hexapod insects, are divided
into several orders, viz.: Hymenoptera, as the bees
and ants; Diptera, as the common flies, gnats, and
mosquitos; Aphaniptera, or fleas; Lepidoptera, or
moths and butterflies; Neuroptera, as the ant-lions
and hellgamite; Coleoptera, or beetles; Hemiptera,
as bugs, lice, aphids; Orthoptera, as grasshoppers
and cockroaches; Pseudoneuroptera, as the dragon
flies and termites; Euplexoptera, or earwigs;
Thysanura, as the springtails, podura, and lepisma.
See these words in the Vocabulary.
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Insectarium
(gcide) | Insectary \In"sec*ta*ry\, n.
A place for keeping living insects. -- In`sec*ta"ri*um, n.
[L.]
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Insectary
(gcide) | Insectary \In"sec*ta*ry\, n.
A place for keeping living insects. -- In`sec*ta"ri*um, n.
[L.]
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Insectation
(gcide) | Insectation \In`sec*ta"tion\, n. [L. insectatio. See
Insectator.]
The act of pursuing; pursuit; harassment; persecution. [Obs.]
--Sir T. More.
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Insectator
(gcide) | Insectator \In`sec*ta"tor\, n. [L., fr. insectari to pursue,
freq. fr. insequi. See Ensue.]
A pursuer; a persecutor; a censorious critic. [Obs.]
--Bailey.
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Insected
(gcide) | Insected \In"sect*ed\, a.
Pertaining to, having the nature of, or resembling, an
insect. --Howell.
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Insecticidal
(gcide) | Insecticide \In*sec"ti*cide\, n. [Insect + L. caedere to kill.]
An agent or preparation for destroying insects; an insect
powder or spray. -- In*sec"ti*ci`dal, a.
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Insecticide
(gcide) | Insecticide \In*sec"ti*cide\, n. [Insect + L. caedere to kill.]
An agent or preparation for destroying insects; an insect
powder or spray. -- In*sec"ti*ci`dal, a.
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Insectile
(gcide) | Insectile \In*sec"tile\, a.
Pertaining to, or having the nature of, insects. --Bacon.
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Insection
(gcide) | Insection \In*sec"tion\, n. [See Insect.]
A cutting in; incisure; incision.
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Insectivora
(gcide) | Insectivora \In`sec*tiv"o*ra\, n. pl. [NL., from L. insectum an
insect + vorare to devour.] (Zool.)
1. An order of mammals which feed principally upon insects.
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Note: They are mostly of small size, and their molar teeth
have sharp cusps. Most of the species burrow in the
earth, and many of those of cold climates hibernate in
winter. The order includes the moles, shrews,
hedgehogs, tanrecs, and allied animals, also the
colugo.
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2. A division of the Chiroptera, including the common or
insect-eating bats.
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Insectivore
(gcide) | Insectivore \In*sec"ti*vore\, n.; pl. Insectivores (-v[=o]rz).
[F.] (Zool.)
One of the Insectivora.
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Insectivores
(gcide) | Insectivore \In*sec"ti*vore\, n.; pl. Insectivores (-v[=o]rz).
[F.] (Zool.)
One of the Insectivora.
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Insectivorous
(gcide) | Insectivorous \In`sec*tiv"o*rous\, a. [See Insectivora.]
Feeding or subsisting on insects; carnivorous. The term is
applied:
(a) to plants which have some special adaptation for catching
and digesting insects, as the sundew, Venus's flytrap,
Sarracenia, etc.
(b) to the Insectivora, and many bats, birds, and reptiles.
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Insectologer
(gcide) | Insectologer \In`sec*tol"o*ger\, n.
An entomologist. [Obs.]
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Insectology
(gcide) | Insectology \In`sec*tol"o*gy\, n. [Insect + -logy: cf. F.
insectologie.]
Entomology. [Obs.]
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Itch insect
(gcide) | Itch \Itch\, n.
1. (Med.) An eruption of small, isolated, acuminated
vesicles, produced by the entrance of a parasitic mite
(the Sarcoptes scabei), and attended with itching. It is
transmissible by contact.
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2. Any itching eruption.
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3. A sensation in the skin occasioned (or resembling that
occasioned) by the itch eruption; -- called also
scabies, psora, etc.
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4. A constant irritating desire.
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An itch of being thought a divine king. --Dryden.
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Baker's itch. See under Baker.
Barber's itch, sycosis.
Bricklayer's itch, an eczema of the hands attended with
much itching, occurring among bricklayers.
Grocer's itch, an itching eruption, being a variety of
eczema, produced by the sugar mite ({Tyrogluphus
sacchari}).
Itch insect (Zool.), a small parasitic mite ({Sarcoptes
scabei}) which burrows and breeds beneath the human skin,
thus causing the disease known as the itch. See Illust. in
Append.
Itch mite. (Zool.) Same as Itch insect, above. Also,
other similar mites affecting the lower animals, as the
horse and ox.
Sugar baker's itch, a variety of eczema, due to the action
of sugar upon the skin.
Washerwoman's itch, eczema of the hands and arms, occurring
among washerwomen.
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Leaf insect
(gcide) | Leaf \Leaf\ (l[=e]f), n.; pl. Leaves (l[=e]vz). [OE. leef,
lef, leaf, AS. le['a]f; akin to S. l[=o]f, OFries. laf, D.
loof foliage, G. laub, OHG. loub leaf, foliage, Icel. lauf,
Sw. l["o]f, Dan. l["o]v, Goth. laufs; cf. Lith. lapas. Cf.
Lodge.]
1. (Bot.) A colored, usually green, expansion growing from
the side of a stem or rootstock, in which the sap for the
use of the plant is elaborated under the influence of
light; one of the parts of a plant which collectively
constitute its foliage.
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Note: Such leaves usually consist of a blade, or lamina,
supported upon a leafstalk or petiole, which, continued
through the blade as the midrib, gives off woody ribs
and veins that support the cellular texture. The
petiole has usually some sort of an appendage on each
side of its base, which is called the stipule. The
green parenchyma of the leaf is covered with a thin
epiderm pierced with closable microscopic openings,
known as stomata.
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2. (Bot.) A special organ of vegetation in the form of a
lateral outgrowth from the stem, whether appearing as a
part of the foliage, or as a cotyledon, a scale, a bract,
a spine, or a tendril.
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Note: In this view every part of a plant, except the root and
the stem, is either a leaf, or is composed of leaves
more or less modified and transformed.
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3. Something which is like a leaf in being wide and thin and
having a flat surface, or in being attached to a larger
body by one edge or end; as:
(a) A part of a book or folded sheet containing two pages
upon its opposite sides.
(b) A side, division, or part, that slides or is hinged,
as of window shutters, folding doors, etc.
(c) The movable side of a table.
(d) A very thin plate; as, gold leaf.
(e) A portion of fat lying in a separate fold or layer.
(f) One of the teeth of a pinion, especially when small.
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Leaf beetle (Zool.), any beetle which feeds upon leaves;
esp., any species of the family Chrysomelid[ae], as the
potato beetle and helmet beetle.
Leaf bridge, a draw-bridge having a platform or leaf which
swings vertically on hinges.
Leaf bud (Bot.), a bud which develops into leaves or a
leafy branch.
Leaf butterfly (Zool.), any butterfly which, in the form
and colors of its wings, resembles the leaves of plants
upon which it rests; esp., butterflies of the genus
Kallima, found in Southern Asia and the East Indies.
Leaf crumpler (Zool.), a small moth (Phycis indigenella),
the larva of which feeds upon leaves of the apple tree,
and forms its nest by crumpling and fastening leaves
together in clusters.
Leaf fat, the fat which lies in leaves or layers within the
body of an animal.
Leaf flea (Zool.), a jumping plant louse of the family
Psyllid[ae].
Leaf frog (Zool.), any tree frog of the genus
Phyllomedusa.
Leaf green.(Bot.) See Chlorophyll.
Leaf hopper (Zool.), any small jumping hemipterous insect
of the genus Tettigonia, and allied genera. They live
upon the leaves and twigs of plants. See Live hopper.
Leaf insect (Zool.), any one of several genera and species
of orthopterous insects, esp. of the genus Phyllium, in
which the wings, and sometimes the legs, resemble leaves
in color and form. They are common in Southern Asia and
the East Indies.
Leaf lard, lard from leaf fat. See under Lard.
Leaf louse (Zool.), an aphid.
Leaf metal, metal in thin leaves, as gold, silver, or tin.
Leaf miner (Zool.), any one of various small lepidopterous
and dipterous insects, which, in the larval stages, burrow
in and eat the parenchyma of leaves; as, the pear-tree
leaf miner (Lithocolletis geminatella).
Leaf notcher (Zool.), a pale bluish green beetle ({Artipus
Floridanus}), which, in Florida, eats the edges of the
leaves of orange trees.
Leaf roller (Zool.), See leaf roller in the vocabulary.
Leaf scar (Bot.), the cicatrix on a stem whence a leaf has
fallen.
Leaf sewer (Zool.), a tortricid moth, whose caterpillar
makes a nest by rolling up a leaf and fastening the edges
together with silk, as if sewn; esp., {Phoxopteris
nubeculana}, which feeds upon the apple tree.
Leaf sight, a hinged sight on a firearm, which can be
raised or folded down.
Leaf trace (Bot.), one or more fibrovascular bundles, which
may be traced down an endogenous stem from the base of a
leaf.
Leaf tier (Zool.), a tortricid moth whose larva makes a
nest by fastening the edges of a leaf together with silk;
esp., Teras cinderella, found on the apple tree.
Leaf valve, a valve which moves on a hinge.
Leaf wasp (Zool.), a sawfly.
To turn over a new leaf, to make a radical change for the
better in one's way of living or doing. [Colloq.]
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They were both determined to turn over a new leaf.
--Richardson.
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Mange insect
(gcide) | Mange \Mange\, n. [See Mangy.] (Vet.)
The scab or itch in cattle, dogs, and other beasts.
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Mange insect (Zool.), any one of several species of small
parasitic mites, which burrow in the skin of cattle.
horses, dogs, and other animals, causing the mange. The
mange insect of the horse (Psoroptes equi or
Dermatodectes equi), and that of cattle ({Symbiotes
bovis} or Dermatophagys bovis) are the most important
species. See Acarina.
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Manna insect
(gcide) | Manna \Man"na\ (m[a^]n"n[.a]), n. [L., fr. Gr. ma`nna, Heb.
m[=a]n; cf. Ar. mann, properly, gift (of heaven).]
1. (Script.) The food supplied to the Israelites in their
journey through the wilderness of Arabia; hence, divinely
supplied food. --Ex. xvi. 15.
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2. (Bot.) A name given to lichens of the genus Lecanora,
sometimes blown into heaps in the deserts of Arabia and
Africa, and gathered and used as food; called also {manna
lichen}.
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3. (Bot. & Med.) A sweetish exudation in the form of pale
yellow friable flakes, coming from several trees and
shrubs and used in medicine as a gentle laxative, as the
secretion of Fraxinus Ornus, and {Fraxinus
rotundifolia}, the manna ashes of Southern Europe.
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Note: Persian manna is the secretion of the camel's thorn
(see Camel's thorn, under Camel); Tamarisk manna,
that of the Tamarisk mannifera, a shrub of Western
Asia; Australian, manna, that of certain species of
eucalyptus; Brian[,c]on manna, that of the European
larch.
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Manna insect (Zool), a scale insect ({Gossyparia
mannipara}), which causes the exudation of manna from the
Tamarix tree in Arabia.
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Praying insect
(gcide) | Praying \Pray"ing\,
a. & n. from Pray, v.
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Praying insect, Praying locust, or Praying mantis
(Zool.), a mantis, especially Mantis religiosa. See
Mantis.
Praying machine, or Praying wheel, a wheel on which
prayers are pasted by Buddhist priests, who then put the
wheel in rapid revolution. Each turn in supposed to have
the efficacy of an oral repetition of all the prayers on
the wheel. Sometimes it is moved by a stream.
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Scale insect
(gcide) | Scale \Scale\, n. [Cf. AS. scealu, scalu, a shell, parings; akin
to D. schaal, G. schale, OHG. scala, Dan. & Sw. skal a shell,
Dan. skiael a fish scale, Goth. skalja tile, and E. shale,
shell, and perhaps also to scale of a balance; but perhaps
rather fr. OF. escale, escaile, F. ['e]caille scale of a
fish, and ['e]cale shell of beans, pease, eggs, nuts, of
German origin, and akin to Goth. skalja, G. schale. See
Shale.]
1. (Anat.) One of the small, thin, membranous, bony or horny
pieces which form the covering of many fishes and
reptiles, and some mammals, belonging to the dermal part
of the skeleton, or dermoskeleton. See Cycloid,
Ctenoid, and Ganoid.
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Fish that, with their fins and shining scales,
Glide under the green wave. --Milton.
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2. Hence, any layer or leaf of metal or other material,
resembling in size and thinness the scale of a fish; as, a
scale of iron, of bone, etc.
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3. (Zool.) One of the small scalelike structures covering
parts of some invertebrates, as those on the wings of
Lepidoptera and on the body of Thysanura; the elytra of
certain annelids. See Lepidoptera.
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4. (Zool.) A scale insect. (See below.)
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5. (Bot.) A small appendage like a rudimentary leaf,
resembling the scales of a fish in form, and often in
arrangement; as, the scale of a bud, of a pine cone, and
the like. The name is also given to the chaff on the stems
of ferns.
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6. The thin metallic side plate of the handle of a
pocketknife. See Illust. of Pocketknife.
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7. An incrustation deposit on the inside of a vessel in which
water is heated, as a steam boiler.
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8. (Metal.) The thin oxide which forms on the surface of iron
forgings. It consists essentially of the magnetic oxide,
Fe3O4. Also, a similar coating upon other metals.
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Covering scale (Zool.), a hydrophyllium.
Ganoid scale. (Zool.) See under Ganoid.
Scale armor (Mil.), armor made of small metallic scales
overlapping, and fastened upon leather or cloth.
Scale beetle (Zool.), the tiger beetle.
Scale carp (Zool.), a carp having normal scales.
Scale insect (Zool.), any one of numerous species of small
hemipterous insects belonging to the family Coccidae, in
which the females, when adult, become more or less
scalelike in form. They are found upon the leaves and
twigs of various trees and shrubs, and often do great
damage to fruit trees. See Orange scale,under Orange.
Scale moss (Bot.), any leafy-stemmed moss of the order
Hepaticae; -- so called from the small imbricated
scalelike leaves of most of the species. See Hepatica,
2, and Jungermannia.
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Snow insect
(gcide) | Snow \Snow\, n. [OE. snow, snaw, AS. sn[=a]w; akin to D. sneeuw,
OS. & OHG. sn[=e]o, G. schnee, Icel. sn[ae]r, snj[=o]r,
snaj[=a]r, Sw. sn["o], Dan. snee, Goth. snaiws, Lith.
sn["e]gas, Russ. snieg', Ir. & Gael. sneachd, W. nyf, L. nix,
nivis, Gr. acc. ni`fa, also AS. sn[imac]wan to snow, G.
schneien, OHG. sn[imac]wan, Lith. snigti, L. ningit it snows,
Gr. ni`fei, Zend snizh to snow; cf. Skr. snih to be wet or
sticky. [root]172.]
1. Watery particles congealed into white or transparent
crystals or flakes in the air, and falling to the earth,
exhibiting a great variety of very beautiful and perfect
forms.
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Note: Snow is often used to form compounds, most of which are
of obvious meaning; as, snow-capped, snow-clad,
snow-cold, snow-crowned, snow-crust, snow-fed,
snow-haired, snowlike, snow-mantled, snow-nodding,
snow-wrought, and the like.
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2. Fig.: Something white like snow, as the white color
(argent) in heraldry; something which falls in, or as in,
flakes.
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The field of snow with eagle of black therein.
--Chaucer.
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Red snow. See under Red.
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Snow bunting. (Zool.) See Snowbird, 1.
Snow cock (Zool.), the snow pheasant.
Snow flea (Zool.), a small black leaping poduran
(Achorutes nivicola) often found in winter on the snow
in vast numbers.
Snow flood, a flood from melted snow.
Snow flower (Bot.), the fringe tree.
Snow fly, or Snow insect (Zool.), any one of several
species of neuropterous insects of the genus Boreus. The
male has rudimentary wings; the female is wingless. These
insects sometimes appear creeping and leaping on the snow
in great numbers.
Snow gnat (Zool.), any wingless dipterous insect of the
genus Chionea found running on snow in winter.
Snow goose (Zool.), any one of several species of arctic
geese of the genus Chen. The common snow goose ({Chen
hyperborea}), common in the Western United States in
winter, is white, with the tips of the wings black and
legs and bill red. Called also white brant, wavey, and
Texas goose. The blue, or blue-winged, snow goose ({Chen
coerulescens}) is varied with grayish brown and bluish
gray, with the wing quills black and the head and upper
part of the neck white. Called also white head,
white-headed goose, and bald brant.
Snow leopard (Zool.), the ounce.
Snow line, lowest limit of perpetual snow. In the Alps this
is at an altitude of 9,000 feet, in the Andes, at the
equator, 16,000 feet.
Snow mouse (Zool.), a European vole (Arvicola nivalis)
which inhabits the Alps and other high mountains.
Snow pheasant (Zool.), any one of several species of large,
handsome gallinaceous birds of the genus Tetraogallus,
native of the lofty mountains of Asia. The Himalayn snow
pheasant (Tetraogallus Himalayensis) in the best-known
species. Called also snow cock, and snow chukor.
Snow partridge. (Zool.) See under Partridge.
Snow pigeon (Zool.), a pigeon (Columba leuconota) native
of the Himalaya mountains. Its back, neck, and rump are
white, the top of the head and the ear coverts are black.
Snow plant (Bot.), a fleshy parasitic herb ({Sarcodes
sanguinea}) growing in the coniferous forests of
California. It is all of a bright red color, and is fabled
to grow from the snow, through which it sometimes shoots
up.
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Spittle insect
(gcide) | Spittle \Spit"tle\, n. [From Spit to eject from the mouth: cf.
Spattle, and AS. sp[=a]tl.]
The thick, moist matter which is secreted by the salivary
glands; saliva; spit.
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Spittle insect. (Zool.) See Cuckoo spit
(b), under Cuckoo.
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Stick insect
(gcide) | Stick \Stick\, n. [OE. sticke, AS. sticca; akin to stician to
stab, prick, pierce, G. stecken a stick, staff, OHG. steccho,
Icel. stik a stick. See Stick, v. t..]
1. A small shoot, or branch, separated, as by a cutting, from
a tree or shrub; also, any stem or branch of a tree, of
any size, cut for fuel or timber.
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Withered sticks to gather, which might serve
Against a winter's day. --Milton.
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2. Any long and comparatively slender piece of wood, whether
in natural form or shaped with tools; a rod; a wand; a
staff; as, the stick of a rocket; a walking stick.
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3. Anything shaped like a stick; as, a stick of wax.
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4. A derogatory expression for a person; one who is inert or
stupid; as, an odd stick; a poor stick. [Colloq.]
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5. (Print.) A composing stick. See under Composing. It is
usually a frame of metal, but for posters, handbills,
etc., one made of wood is used.
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6. A thrust with a pointed instrument; a stab.
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A stick of eels, twenty-five eels. [Prov. Eng.]
Stick chimney, a chimney made of sticks laid crosswise, and
cemented with clay or mud, as in some log houses. [U.S.]
Stick insect, (Zool.), any one of various species of
wingless orthopterous insects of the family Phasmidae,
which have a long round body, resembling a stick in form
and color, and long legs, which are often held rigidly in
such positions as to make them resemble small twigs. They
thus imitate the branches and twigs of the trees on which
they live. The common American species is {Diapheromera
femorata}. Some of the Asiatic species are more than a
foot long.
To cut one's stick, or To cut stick, to run away. [Slang]
--De Quincey.
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Wax insect
(gcide) | Wax \Wax\, n. [AS. weax; akin to OFries. wax, D. was, G. wachs,
OHG. wahs, Icel. & Sw. vax, Dan. vox, Lith. vaszkas, Russ.
vosk'.]
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1. A fatty, solid substance, produced by bees, and employed
by them in the construction of their comb; -- usually
called beeswax. It is first excreted, from a row of
pouches along their sides, in the form of scales, which,
being masticated and mixed with saliva, become whitened
and tenacious. Its natural color is pale or dull yellow.
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Note: Beeswax consists essentially of cerotic acid
(constituting the more soluble part) and of myricyl
palmitate (constituting the less soluble part).
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2. Hence, any substance resembling beeswax in consistency or
appearance. Specifically:
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(a) (Physiol.) Cerumen, or earwax. See Cerumen.
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(b) A waxlike composition used for uniting surfaces, for
excluding air, and for other purposes; as, sealing
wax, grafting wax, etching wax, etc.
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(c) A waxlike composition used by shoemakers for rubbing
their thread.
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(d) (Zool.) A substance similar to beeswax, secreted by
several species of scale insects, as the Chinese wax.
See Wax insect, below.
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(e) (Bot.) A waxlike product secreted by certain plants.
See Vegetable wax, under Vegetable.
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(f) (Min.) A substance, somewhat resembling wax, found in
connection with certain deposits of rock salt and
coal; -- called also mineral wax, and ozocerite.
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(g) Thick sirup made by boiling down the sap of the sugar
maple, and then cooling. [Local U. S.]
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(h) any of numerous substances or mixtures composed
predominantly of the longer-chain saturated
hydrocarbons such as the paraffins, which are solid at
room teperature, or their alcohol, carboxylic acid, or
ester derivatives.
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Japanese wax, a waxlike substance made in Japan from the
berries of certain species of Rhus, esp. {Rhus
succedanea}.
Mineral wax. (Min.) See Wax, 2
(f), above.
Wax cloth. See Waxed cloth, under Waxed.
Wax end. See Waxed end, under Waxed.
Wax flower, a flower made of, or resembling, wax.
Wax insect (Zool.), any one of several species of scale
insects belonging to the family Coccidae, which secrete
from their bodies a waxlike substance, especially the
Chinese wax insect (Coccus Sinensis) from which a large
amount of the commercial Chinese wax is obtained. Called
also pela.
Wax light, a candle or taper of wax.
Wax moth (Zool.), a pyralid moth (Galleria cereana) whose
larvae feed upon honeycomb, and construct silken galleries
among the fragments. The moth has dusky gray wings
streaked with brown near the outer edge. The larva is
yellowish white with brownish dots. Called also {bee
moth}.
Wax myrtle. (Bot.) See Bayberry.
Wax painting, a kind of painting practiced by the ancients,
under the name of encaustic. The pigments were ground with
wax, and diluted. After being applied, the wax was melted
with hot irons and the color thus fixed.
Wax palm. (Bot.)
(a) A species of palm (Ceroxylon Andicola) native of the
Andes, the stem of which is covered with a secretion,
consisting of two thirds resin and one third wax,
which, when melted with a third of fat, makes
excellent candles.
(b) A Brazilian tree (Copernicia cerifera) the young
leaves of which are covered with a useful waxy
secretion.
Wax paper, paper prepared with a coating of white wax and
other ingredients.
Wax plant (Bot.), a name given to several plants, as:
(a) The Indian pipe (see under Indian).
(b) The Hoya carnosa, a climbing plant with polished,
fleshy leaves.
(c) Certain species of Begonia with similar foliage.
Wax tree (Bot.)
(a) A tree or shrub (Ligustrum lucidum) of China, on
which certain insects make a thick deposit of a
substance resembling white wax.
(b) A kind of sumac (Rhus succedanea) of Japan, the
berries of which yield a sort of wax.
(c) A rubiaceous tree (Elaeagia utilis) of New Grenada,
called by the inhabitants "arbol del cera."
Wax yellow, a dull yellow, resembling the natural color of
beeswax.
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class insecta
(wn) | class Insecta
n 1: insects; about five-sixths of all known animal species
[syn: Insecta, class Insecta, Hexapoda, {class
Hexapoda}] |
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