täpläharmomittari

täpläharmomittari (nominative singular)
täpläharmomittarit (nominative plural)
täpläharmomittari (accusative nominative singular)
täpläharmomittarit (accusative nominative plural)
täpläharmomittarin (accusative genitive singular)
täpläharmomittarit (accusative genitive plural)
täpläharmomittarin (genitive singular)
täpläharmomittarien (genitive plural)
täpläharmomittareiden (genitive plural)
täpläharmomittareitten (genitive plural)
täpläharmomittaria (partitive singular)
täpläharmomittareita (partitive plural)
täpläharmomittareja (partitive plural)
täpläharmomittarissa (inessive singular)
täpläharmomittareissa (inessive plural)
täpläharmomittarista (elative singular)
täpläharmomittareista (elative plural)
täpläharmomittariin (illative singular)
täpläharmomittareihin (illative plural)
täpläharmomittarilla (adessive singular)
täpläharmomittareilla (adessive plural)
täpläharmomittarilta (ablative singular)
täpläharmomittareilta (ablative plural)
täpläharmomittarille (allative singular)
täpläharmomittareille (allative plural)
täpläharmomittarina (essive singular)
täpläharmomittareina (essive plural)
täpläharmomittariksi (singular translative)
täpläharmomittareiksi (plural translative)
täpläharmomittaritta (abessive singular)
täpläharmomittareitta (abessive plural)
täpläharmomittarein (instructive plural)
See the possessive forms below. (comitative)
täpläharmomittarini (nominative singular)
täpläharmomittarini (nominative plural)
täpläharmomittarini (accusative nominative singular)
täpläharmomittarini (accusative nominative plural)
täpläharmomittarini (accusative genitive singular)
täpläharmomittarini (accusative genitive plural)
täpläharmomittarini (genitive singular)
täpläharmomittarieni (genitive plural)
täpläharmomittareideni (genitive plural)
täpläharmomittareitteni (genitive plural)
täpläharmomittariani (partitive singular)
täpläharmomittareitani (partitive plural)
täpläharmomittarejani (partitive plural)
täpläharmomittarissani (inessive singular)
täpläharmomittareissani (inessive plural)
täpläharmomittaristani (elative singular)
täpläharmomittareistani (elative plural)
täpläharmomittariini (illative singular)
täpläharmomittareihini (illative plural)
täpläharmomittarillani (adessive singular)
täpläharmomittareillani (adessive plural)
täpläharmomittariltani (ablative singular)
täpläharmomittareiltani (ablative plural)
täpläharmomittarilleni (allative singular)
täpläharmomittareilleni (allative plural)
täpläharmomittarinani (essive singular)
täpläharmomittareinani (essive plural)
täpläharmomittarikseni (singular translative)
täpläharmomittareikseni (plural translative)
täpläharmomittarittani (abessive singular)
täpläharmomittareittani (abessive plural)
täpläharmomittareineni (comitative plural)
täpläharmomittarisi (nominative singular)
täpläharmomittarisi (nominative plural)
täpläharmomittarisi (accusative nominative singular)
täpläharmomittarisi (accusative nominative plural)
täpläharmomittarisi (accusative genitive singular)
täpläharmomittarisi (accusative genitive plural)
täpläharmomittarisi (genitive singular)
täpläharmomittariesi (genitive plural)
täpläharmomittareidesi (genitive plural)
täpläharmomittareittesi (genitive plural)
täpläharmomittariasi (partitive singular)
täpläharmomittareitasi (partitive plural)
täpläharmomittarejasi (partitive plural)
täpläharmomittarissasi (inessive singular)
täpläharmomittareissasi (inessive plural)
täpläharmomittaristasi (elative singular)
täpläharmomittareistasi (elative plural)
täpläharmomittariisi (illative singular)
täpläharmomittareihisi (illative plural)
täpläharmomittarillasi (adessive singular)
täpläharmomittareillasi (adessive plural)
täpläharmomittariltasi (ablative singular)
täpläharmomittareiltasi (ablative plural)
täpläharmomittarillesi (allative singular)
täpläharmomittareillesi (allative plural)
täpläharmomittarinasi (essive singular)
täpläharmomittareinasi (essive plural)
täpläharmomittariksesi (singular translative)
täpläharmomittareiksesi (plural translative)
täpläharmomittarittasi (abessive singular)
täpläharmomittareittasi (abessive plural)
täpläharmomittareinesi (comitative plural)
täpläharmomittarimme (nominative singular)
täpläharmomittarimme (nominative plural)
täpläharmomittarimme (accusative nominative singular)
täpläharmomittarimme (accusative nominative plural)
täpläharmomittarimme (accusative genitive singular)
täpläharmomittarimme (accusative genitive plural)
täpläharmomittarimme (genitive singular)
täpläharmomittariemme (genitive plural)
täpläharmomittareidemme (genitive plural)
täpläharmomittareittemme (genitive plural)
täpläharmomittariamme (partitive singular)
täpläharmomittareitamme (partitive plural)
täpläharmomittarejamme (partitive plural)
täpläharmomittarissamme (inessive singular)
täpläharmomittareissamme (inessive plural)
täpläharmomittaristamme (elative singular)
täpläharmomittareistamme (elative plural)
täpläharmomittariimme (illative singular)
täpläharmomittareihimme (illative plural)
täpläharmomittarillamme (adessive singular)
täpläharmomittareillamme (adessive plural)
täpläharmomittariltamme (ablative singular)
täpläharmomittareiltamme (ablative plural)
täpläharmomittarillemme (allative singular)
täpläharmomittareillemme (allative plural)
täpläharmomittarinamme (essive singular)
täpläharmomittareinamme (essive plural)
täpläharmomittariksemme (singular translative)
täpläharmomittareiksemme (plural translative)
täpläharmomittarittamme (abessive singular)
täpläharmomittareittamme (abessive plural)
täpläharmomittareinemme (comitative plural)
täpläharmomittarinne (nominative singular)
täpläharmomittarinne (nominative plural)
täpläharmomittarinne (accusative nominative singular)
täpläharmomittarinne (accusative nominative plural)
täpläharmomittarinne (accusative genitive singular)
täpläharmomittarinne (accusative genitive plural)
täpläharmomittarinne (genitive singular)
täpläharmomittarienne (genitive plural)
täpläharmomittareidenne (genitive plural)
täpläharmomittareittenne (genitive plural)
täpläharmomittarianne (partitive singular)
täpläharmomittareitanne (partitive plural)
täpläharmomittarejanne (partitive plural)
täpläharmomittarissanne (inessive singular)
täpläharmomittareissanne (inessive plural)
täpläharmomittaristanne (elative singular)
täpläharmomittareistanne (elative plural)
täpläharmomittariinne (illative singular)
täpläharmomittareihinne (illative plural)
täpläharmomittarillanne (adessive singular)
täpläharmomittareillanne (adessive plural)
täpläharmomittariltanne (ablative singular)
täpläharmomittareiltanne (ablative plural)
täpläharmomittarillenne (allative singular)
täpläharmomittareillenne (allative plural)
täpläharmomittarinanne (essive singular)
täpläharmomittareinanne (essive plural)
täpläharmomittariksenne (singular translative)
täpläharmomittareiksenne (plural translative)
täpläharmomittarittanne (abessive singular)
täpläharmomittareittanne (abessive plural)
täpläharmomittareinenne (comitative plural)
täpläharmomittarinsa (nominative singular)
täpläharmomittarinsa (nominative plural)
täpläharmomittarinsa (accusative nominative singular)
täpläharmomittarinsa (accusative nominative plural)
täpläharmomittarinsa (accusative genitive singular)
täpläharmomittarinsa (accusative genitive plural)
täpläharmomittarinsa (genitive singular)
täpläharmomittariensa (genitive plural)
täpläharmomittareidensa (genitive plural)
täpläharmomittareittensa (genitive plural)
täpläharmomittariaan (partitive singular)
täpläharmomittariansa (partitive singular)
täpläharmomittareitaan (partitive plural)
täpläharmomittarejaan (partitive plural)
täpläharmomittareitansa (partitive plural)
täpläharmomittarejansa (partitive plural)
täpläharmomittarissaan (inessive singular)
täpläharmomittarissansa (inessive singular)
täpläharmomittareissaan (inessive plural)
täpläharmomittareissansa (inessive plural)
täpläharmomittaristaan (elative singular)
täpläharmomittaristansa (elative singular)
täpläharmomittareistaan (elative plural)
täpläharmomittareistansa (elative plural)
täpläharmomittariinsa (illative singular)
täpläharmomittareihinsa (illative plural)
täpläharmomittarillaan (adessive singular)
täpläharmomittarillansa (adessive singular)
täpläharmomittareillaan (adessive plural)
täpläharmomittareillansa (adessive plural)
täpläharmomittariltaan (ablative singular)
täpläharmomittariltansa (ablative singular)
täpläharmomittareiltaan (ablative plural)
täpläharmomittareiltansa (ablative plural)
täpläharmomittarilleen (allative singular)
täpläharmomittarillensa (allative singular)
täpläharmomittareilleen (allative plural)
täpläharmomittareillensa (allative plural)
täpläharmomittarinaan (essive singular)
täpläharmomittarinansa (essive singular)
täpläharmomittareinaan (essive plural)
täpläharmomittareinansa (essive plural)
täpläharmomittarikseen (singular translative)
täpläharmomittariksensa (singular translative)
täpläharmomittareikseen (plural translative)
täpläharmomittareiksensa (plural translative)
täpläharmomittarittaan (abessive singular)
täpläharmomittarittansa (abessive singular)
täpläharmomittareittaan (abessive plural)
täpläharmomittareittansa (abessive plural)
täpläharmomittareineen (comitative plural)
täpläharmomittareinensa (comitative plural)

Ectropis crepuscularia
Wikispecies:Ectropis crepuscularia

(insects) engrailed (Ectropis crepuscularia)


geometrid moth

(entomology) Any of the various moths of the family Geometridae.


geometer moth

(entomology) A geometrid moth of family Geometridae.


karvakehrääjä

karvakehrääjä (nominative singular)
karvakehrääjät (nominative plural)
karvakehrääjä (accusative nominative singular)
karvakehrääjät (accusative nominative plural)
karvakehrääjän (accusative genitive singular)
karvakehrääjät (accusative genitive plural)
karvakehrääjän (genitive singular)
karvakehrääjien (genitive plural)
karvakehrääjäin (genitive plural rare)
karvakehrääjää (partitive singular)
karvakehrääjiä (partitive plural)
karvakehrääjässä (inessive singular)
karvakehrääjissä (inessive plural)
karvakehrääjästä (elative singular)
karvakehrääjistä (elative plural)
karvakehrääjään (illative singular)
karvakehrääjiin (illative plural)
karvakehrääjällä (adessive singular)
karvakehrääjillä (adessive plural)
karvakehrääjältä (ablative singular)
karvakehrääjiltä (ablative plural)
karvakehrääjälle (allative singular)
karvakehrääjille (allative plural)
karvakehrääjänä (essive singular)
karvakehrääjinä (essive plural)
karvakehrääjäksi (singular translative)
karvakehrääjiksi (plural translative)
karvakehrääjättä (abessive singular)
karvakehrääjittä (abessive plural)
karvakehrääjin (instructive plural)
See the possessive forms below. (comitative)
karvakehrääjäni (nominative singular)
karvakehrääjäni (nominative plural)
karvakehrääjäni (accusative nominative singular)
karvakehrääjäni (accusative nominative plural)
karvakehrääjäni (accusative genitive singular)
karvakehrääjäni (accusative genitive plural)
karvakehrääjäni (genitive singular)
karvakehrääjieni (genitive plural)
karvakehrääjäini (genitive plural rare)
karvakehrääjääni (partitive singular)
karvakehrääjiäni (partitive plural)
karvakehrääjässäni (inessive singular)
karvakehrääjissäni (inessive plural)
karvakehrääjästäni (elative singular)
karvakehrääjistäni (elative plural)
karvakehrääjääni (illative singular)
karvakehrääjiini (illative plural)
karvakehrääjälläni (adessive singular)
karvakehrääjilläni (adessive plural)
karvakehrääjältäni (ablative singular)
karvakehrääjiltäni (ablative plural)
karvakehrääjälleni (allative singular)
karvakehrääjilleni (allative plural)
karvakehrääjänäni (essive singular)
karvakehrääjinäni (essive plural)
karvakehrääjäkseni (singular translative)
karvakehrääjikseni (plural translative)
karvakehrääjättäni (abessive singular)
karvakehrääjittäni (abessive plural)
karvakehrääjineni (comitative plural)
karvakehrääjäsi (nominative singular)
karvakehrääjäsi (nominative plural)
karvakehrääjäsi (accusative nominative singular)
karvakehrääjäsi (accusative nominative plural)
karvakehrääjäsi (accusative genitive singular)
karvakehrääjäsi (accusative genitive plural)
karvakehrääjäsi (genitive singular)
karvakehrääjiesi (genitive plural)
karvakehrääjäisi (genitive plural rare)
karvakehrääjääsi (partitive singular)
karvakehrääjiäsi (partitive plural)
karvakehrääjässäsi (inessive singular)
karvakehrääjissäsi (inessive plural)
karvakehrääjästäsi (elative singular)
karvakehrääjistäsi (elative plural)
karvakehrääjääsi (illative singular)
karvakehrääjiisi (illative plural)
karvakehrääjälläsi (adessive singular)
karvakehrääjilläsi (adessive plural)
karvakehrääjältäsi (ablative singular)
karvakehrääjiltäsi (ablative plural)
karvakehrääjällesi (allative singular)
karvakehrääjillesi (allative plural)
karvakehrääjänäsi (essive singular)
karvakehrääjinäsi (essive plural)
karvakehrääjäksesi (singular translative)
karvakehrääjiksesi (plural translative)
karvakehrääjättäsi (abessive singular)
karvakehrääjittäsi (abessive plural)
karvakehrääjinesi (comitative plural)
karvakehrääjämme (nominative singular)
karvakehrääjämme (nominative plural)
karvakehrääjämme (accusative nominative singular)
karvakehrääjämme (accusative nominative plural)
karvakehrääjämme (accusative genitive singular)
karvakehrääjämme (accusative genitive plural)
karvakehrääjämme (genitive singular)
karvakehrääjiemme (genitive plural)
karvakehrääjäimme (genitive plural rare)
karvakehrääjäämme (partitive singular)
karvakehrääjiämme (partitive plural)
karvakehrääjässämme (inessive singular)
karvakehrääjissämme (inessive plural)
karvakehrääjästämme (elative singular)
karvakehrääjistämme (elative plural)
karvakehrääjäämme (illative singular)
karvakehrääjiimme (illative plural)
karvakehrääjällämme (adessive singular)
karvakehrääjillämme (adessive plural)
karvakehrääjältämme (ablative singular)
karvakehrääjiltämme (ablative plural)
karvakehrääjällemme (allative singular)
karvakehrääjillemme (allative plural)
karvakehrääjänämme (essive singular)
karvakehrääjinämme (essive plural)
karvakehrääjäksemme (singular translative)
karvakehrääjiksemme (plural translative)
karvakehrääjättämme (abessive singular)
karvakehrääjittämme (abessive plural)
karvakehrääjinemme (comitative plural)
karvakehrääjänne (nominative singular)
karvakehrääjänne (nominative plural)
karvakehrääjänne (accusative nominative singular)
karvakehrääjänne (accusative nominative plural)
karvakehrääjänne (accusative genitive singular)
karvakehrääjänne (accusative genitive plural)
karvakehrääjänne (genitive singular)
karvakehrääjienne (genitive plural)
karvakehrääjäinne (genitive plural rare)
karvakehrääjäänne (partitive singular)
karvakehrääjiänne (partitive plural)
karvakehrääjässänne (inessive singular)
karvakehrääjissänne (inessive plural)
karvakehrääjästänne (elative singular)
karvakehrääjistänne (elative plural)
karvakehrääjäänne (illative singular)
karvakehrääjiinne (illative plural)
karvakehrääjällänne (adessive singular)
karvakehrääjillänne (adessive plural)
karvakehrääjältänne (ablative singular)
karvakehrääjiltänne (ablative plural)
karvakehrääjällenne (allative singular)
karvakehrääjillenne (allative plural)
karvakehrääjänänne (essive singular)
karvakehrääjinänne (essive plural)
karvakehrääjäksenne (singular translative)
karvakehrääjiksenne (plural translative)
karvakehrääjättänne (abessive singular)
karvakehrääjittänne (abessive plural)
karvakehrääjinenne (comitative plural)
karvakehrääjänsä (nominative singular)
karvakehrääjänsä (nominative plural)
karvakehrääjänsä (accusative nominative singular)
karvakehrääjänsä (accusative nominative plural)
karvakehrääjänsä (accusative genitive singular)
karvakehrääjänsä (accusative genitive plural)
karvakehrääjänsä (genitive singular)
karvakehrääjiensä (genitive plural)
karvakehrääjäinsä (genitive plural rare)
karvakehrääjäänsä (partitive singular)
karvakehrääjiään (partitive plural)
karvakehrääjiänsä (partitive plural)
karvakehrääjässään (inessive singular)
karvakehrääjässänsä (inessive singular)
karvakehrääjissään (inessive plural)
karvakehrääjissänsä (inessive plural)
karvakehrääjästään (elative singular)
karvakehrääjästänsä (elative singular)
karvakehrääjistään (elative plural)
karvakehrääjistänsä (elative plural)
karvakehrääjäänsä (illative singular)
karvakehrääjiinsä (illative plural)
karvakehrääjällään (adessive singular)
karvakehrääjällänsä (adessive singular)
karvakehrääjillään (adessive plural)
karvakehrääjillänsä (adessive plural)
karvakehrääjältään (ablative singular)
karvakehrääjältänsä (ablative singular)
karvakehrääjiltään (ablative plural)
karvakehrääjiltänsä (ablative plural)
karvakehrääjälleen (allative singular)
karvakehrääjällensä (allative singular)
karvakehrääjilleen (allative plural)
karvakehrääjillensä (allative plural)
karvakehrääjänään (essive singular)
karvakehrääjänänsä (essive singular)
karvakehrääjinään (essive plural)
karvakehrääjinänsä (essive plural)
karvakehrääjäkseen (singular translative)
karvakehrääjäksensä (singular translative)
karvakehrääjikseen (plural translative)
karvakehrääjiksensä (plural translative)
karvakehrääjättään (abessive singular)
karvakehrääjättänsä (abessive singular)
karvakehrääjittään (abessive plural)
karvakehrääjittänsä (abessive plural)
karvakehrääjineen (comitative plural)
karvakehrääjinensä (comitative plural)

[ˈkɑ̝rʋɑ̝ˌk̟e̞hræːjæ]


snout moth

(entomology) An eggar (family Lasiocampidae).


macraner

(entomology) An unusually large male ant.


micraner

(entomology) An unusually small male ant.


macrergate

(entomology) An unusually large worker ant.


micrergate

(entomology) An unusually small worker ant.


pseudovirgin

LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-pseudovirgin.wav

(entomology) A female of certain species that has mated but has not received sperm.


metathorax

en-noun

metathorax (plural metathoraxes or metathoraces)

metathoraxes (plural)
metathoraces (plural)

Holonym: thorax

(entomology) The hindmost of the three sections of the thorax of an insect, carrying the posterior pair of legs and the hindwings when present.

zadohruď

the hindmost of the three sections of the thorax of an insect


pupo

eo-head

pupo (accusative singular pupon, plural pupoj, accusative plural pupojn)

pupon (accusative singular)
pupoj (plural)
pupojn (accusative plural)

LL-Q143 (epo)-Robin van der Vliet-pupo.wav


alatae

(entomology) An insect that possesses wings.


meron

Back-formation from epimeron, ultimately from Ancient Greek μῆρος (mêros, “thigh”).

(entomology) A sclerite on the side of the thorax of an insect, above the coxae of the mid and hind legs.


orthopteran

From translingual Orthoptera (“order of insects”) + -an.

affix

(entomology) Any of many insects of the order Orthoptera.


nymfe

nb-noun-c

nymfe f or m (definite singular nymfa or nymfen, indefinite plural nymfer, definite plural nymfene)

nymfa (definite singular)
nymfen (definite singular)
nymfer (indefinite plural)
nymfene (definite plural)

From Ancient Greek νύμφη (númphē, “bride”), via Latin nympha.

(entomology) a nymph (larva of certain insects)


nymfe

nymfe f (definite singular nymfa, indefinite plural nymfer, definite plural nymfene)

nymfa (definite singular)
nymfer (indefinite plural)
nymfene (definite plural)


pleid

(entomology) Any member of the family Pleidae, the pygmy backswimmers


subadult

en-adj

subadult (comparative more subadult, superlative most subadult)

more subadult (comparative)
most subadult (superlative)
sub-adult (alternative)

(entomology) Final instar before reaching sexual maturity.


green bottle fly

en-noun

green bottle fly (plural green bottle flies)

green bottle flies (plural)
green-bottle fly (alternative)
greenbottle fly (alternative)

(entomology) Any of the flies in the genus Lucilia (alias Phaenicia).

groene vleesvlieg

flies in the genera Lucilia and Phaenicia


teneral

(entomology, of an arthropod, etc.) In the pale, soft-bodied state that follows moulting, before the hardening and darkening of the cuticle, during which the creature is able to expand.


traqueia

traqueias (plural)
traquéia (alternative)
trachéa (alternative)
trachea (alternative)
tracheia (alternative)

[tɾaˈkɛɪ̯.ɐ]

[tɾaˈkɛɪ̯.ɐ]

Borrowed from Ancient Greek τραχεῖα (trakheîa, “windpipe”).

bor+

(entomology) trachea (respiratory system of insects)


rhizophagy

From rhizo- (“root”) + -phagy (“to feed on”).

The possibility of rhizophagous behavior has been associated with analysis of earthworm gizzard or gut contents for ingested root fragments. Proving active rhizophagy with this method is difficult.... (1999-P. Lavelle, Earthworm Management in Tropical Agroecosystems, CABI, P. 116)


dealate

de-alate (alternative)
dëalate (alternative)

(entomology) Having lost or shed its wings, usually in the normal course of its life cycle.


dealate

dealates (plural)
de-alate (alternative)
dëalate (alternative)

(entomology) A creature that has lost or shed its wings.


dëalate

en-adj

dëalate (comparative more dëalate, superlative most dëalate)

more dëalate (comparative)
most dëalate (superlative)


de-alate

(entomology) Alternative spelling of dealate.


dealated

de-alated (alternative)
dëalated (alternative)

(entomology) Having shed or lost its wings, usually in the normal course of its life cycle.


mesofurca

(entomology) The internal skeletal element of the mesosternum.


mesosternum

(entomology) The ventral piece of the middle segment of the thorax.


cascader

(entomology) Any of various species of dragonfly of the genus Zygonyx, family Libellulidae, which commonly inhabit watercourses with waterfalls.


funicle

From Latin fūniculus (“cord”), diminutive from fūnis (“cord”) + -culus.

(entomology) Intermediate segments of the antenna of chalcid wasps adjoining the pedicel basally and the clava distally.


malaxation

en-noun

malaxation (countable and uncountable, plural malaxations)

(entomology) A kneading or softening, especially the chewing and squeezing by which certain species of hunting wasps prepare captured prey as food for their larvae.


stjenica

stjènica (canonical feminine)
стјѐница (Cyrillic)
stjenica (nominative singular)
stjenice (nominative plural)
stjenice (genitive singular)
stjenica (genitive plural)
stjenici (dative singular)
stjenicama (dative plural)
stjenicu (accusative singular)
stjenice (accusative plural)
stjenico (singular vocative)
stjenice (plural vocative)
stjenici (locative singular)
stjenicama (locative plural)
stjenicom (instrumental singular)
stjenicama (instrumental plural)
stènica (alternative Ekavian)

(entomology) a member of order Heteroptera


стјеница

стјѐница (canonical feminine)
stjènica (romanization)
стјеница (nominative singular)
стјенице (nominative plural)
стјенице (genitive singular)
стјеница (genitive plural)
стјеници (dative singular)
стјеницама (dative plural)
стјеницу (accusative singular)
стјенице (accusative plural)
стјеницо (singular vocative)
стјенице (plural vocative)
стјеници (locative singular)
стјеницама (locative plural)
стјеницом (instrumental singular)
стјеницама (instrumental plural)
стѐница (alternative Ekavian)


stenica

stènica (canonical feminine)
стѐница (Cyrillic)
stenica (nominative singular)
stenice (nominative plural)
stenice (genitive singular)
stenica (genitive plural)
stenici (dative singular)
stenicama (dative plural)
stenicu (accusative singular)
stenice (accusative plural)
stenico (singular vocative)
stenice (plural vocative)
stenici (locative singular)
stenicama (locative plural)
stenicom (instrumental singular)
stenicama (instrumental plural)
stjènica (alternative Ijekavian)


стеница

стѐница (canonical feminine)
stènica (romanization)
стеница (nominative singular)
стенице (nominative plural)
стенице (genitive singular)
стеница (genitive plural)
стеници (dative singular)
стеницама (dative plural)
стеницу (accusative singular)
стенице (accusative plural)
стеницо (singular vocative)
стенице (plural vocative)
стеници (locative singular)
стеницама (locative plural)
стеницом (instrumental singular)
стеницама (instrumental plural)
стјѐница (alternative Ijekavian)


élytre

Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek ἔλυτρον (élutron, “sheath”).


poczwarka

poczwarka (nominative singular)
poczwarki (nominative plural)
poczwarki (genitive singular)
poczwarek (genitive plural)
poczwarce (dative singular)
poczwarkom (dative plural)
poczwarkę (accusative singular)
poczwarki (accusative plural)
poczwarką (instrumental singular)
poczwarkami (instrumental plural)
poczwarce (locative singular)
poczwarkach (locative plural)
poczwarko (singular vocative)
poczwarki (plural vocative)

(entomology) pupa, pupe (insect in the development stage between larva and adult)


larwa

pl-noun

larwa f (diminutive larwka, related adjective larwalny)

larwka (diminutive)
larwalny (adjective)
larwa (nominative singular)
larwy (nominative plural)
larwy (genitive singular)
larw (genitive plural)
larwie (dative singular)
larwom (dative plural)
larwę (accusative singular)
larwy (accusative plural)
larwą (instrumental singular)
larwami (instrumental plural)
larwie (locative singular)
larwach (locative plural)
larwo (singular vocative)
larwy (plural vocative)

Internationalism; compare English larva, French larve, German Larve, ultimately from Latin lārva.

(entomology, lepidopterology) grub, larva, maggot (early stage of growth for some insects, in which after hatching from their egg, they are wingless and resemble a caterpillar or grub)


puparium

A New Latin coinage from pūpa (“pupa”, originally “little girl; doll”) + -ārium (“place”), equivalent to English pupa + -arium.

suf

(entomology) An enclosing case of a pupa that is formed from the exoskeleton of an insect's final stage before pupation.


ripsiäinen

ripsiäinen (nominative singular)
ripsiäiset (nominative plural)
ripsiäinen (accusative nominative singular)
ripsiäiset (accusative nominative plural)
ripsiäisen (accusative genitive singular)
ripsiäiset (accusative genitive plural)
ripsiäisen (genitive singular)
ripsiäisten (genitive plural)
ripsiäisien (genitive plural)
ripsiäistä (partitive singular)
ripsiäisiä (partitive plural)
ripsiäisessä (inessive singular)
ripsiäisissä (inessive plural)
ripsiäisestä (elative singular)
ripsiäisistä (elative plural)
ripsiäiseen (illative singular)
ripsiäisiin (illative plural)
ripsiäisellä (adessive singular)
ripsiäisillä (adessive plural)
ripsiäiseltä (ablative singular)
ripsiäisiltä (ablative plural)
ripsiäiselle (allative singular)
ripsiäisille (allative plural)
ripsiäisenä (essive singular)
ripsiäisinä (essive plural)
ripsiäiseksi (singular translative)
ripsiäisiksi (plural translative)
ripsiäisettä (abessive singular)
ripsiäisittä (abessive plural)
ripsiäisin (instructive plural)
See the possessive forms below. (comitative)
ripsiäiseni (nominative singular)
ripsiäiseni (nominative plural)
ripsiäiseni (accusative nominative singular)
ripsiäiseni (accusative nominative plural)
ripsiäiseni (accusative genitive singular)
ripsiäiseni (accusative genitive plural)
ripsiäiseni (genitive singular)
ripsiäisteni (genitive plural)
ripsiäisieni (genitive plural)
ripsiäistäni (partitive singular)
ripsiäisiäni (partitive plural)
ripsiäisessäni (inessive singular)
ripsiäisissäni (inessive plural)
ripsiäisestäni (elative singular)
ripsiäisistäni (elative plural)
ripsiäiseeni (illative singular)
ripsiäisiini (illative plural)
ripsiäiselläni (adessive singular)
ripsiäisilläni (adessive plural)
ripsiäiseltäni (ablative singular)
ripsiäisiltäni (ablative plural)
ripsiäiselleni (allative singular)
ripsiäisilleni (allative plural)
ripsiäisenäni (essive singular)
ripsiäisinäni (essive plural)
ripsiäisekseni (singular translative)
ripsiäisikseni (plural translative)
ripsiäisettäni (abessive singular)
ripsiäisittäni (abessive plural)
ripsiäisineni (comitative plural)
ripsiäisesi (nominative singular)
ripsiäisesi (nominative plural)
ripsiäisesi (accusative nominative singular)
ripsiäisesi (accusative nominative plural)
ripsiäisesi (accusative genitive singular)
ripsiäisesi (accusative genitive plural)
ripsiäisesi (genitive singular)
ripsiäistesi (genitive plural)
ripsiäisiesi (genitive plural)
ripsiäistäsi (partitive singular)
ripsiäisiäsi (partitive plural)
ripsiäisessäsi (inessive singular)
ripsiäisissäsi (inessive plural)
ripsiäisestäsi (elative singular)
ripsiäisistäsi (elative plural)
ripsiäiseesi (illative singular)
ripsiäisiisi (illative plural)
ripsiäiselläsi (adessive singular)
ripsiäisilläsi (adessive plural)
ripsiäiseltäsi (ablative singular)
ripsiäisiltäsi (ablative plural)
ripsiäisellesi (allative singular)
ripsiäisillesi (allative plural)
ripsiäisenäsi (essive singular)
ripsiäisinäsi (essive plural)
ripsiäiseksesi (singular translative)
ripsiäisiksesi (plural translative)
ripsiäisettäsi (abessive singular)
ripsiäisittäsi (abessive plural)
ripsiäisinesi (comitative plural)
ripsiäisemme (nominative singular)
ripsiäisemme (nominative plural)
ripsiäisemme (accusative nominative singular)
ripsiäisemme (accusative nominative plural)
ripsiäisemme (accusative genitive singular)
ripsiäisemme (accusative genitive plural)
ripsiäisemme (genitive singular)
ripsiäistemme (genitive plural)
ripsiäisiemme (genitive plural)
ripsiäistämme (partitive singular)
ripsiäisiämme (partitive plural)
ripsiäisessämme (inessive singular)
ripsiäisissämme (inessive plural)
ripsiäisestämme (elative singular)
ripsiäisistämme (elative plural)
ripsiäiseemme (illative singular)
ripsiäisiimme (illative plural)
ripsiäisellämme (adessive singular)
ripsiäisillämme (adessive plural)
ripsiäiseltämme (ablative singular)
ripsiäisiltämme (ablative plural)
ripsiäisellemme (allative singular)
ripsiäisillemme (allative plural)
ripsiäisenämme (essive singular)
ripsiäisinämme (essive plural)
ripsiäiseksemme (singular translative)
ripsiäisiksemme (plural translative)
ripsiäisettämme (abessive singular)
ripsiäisittämme (abessive plural)
ripsiäisinemme (comitative plural)
ripsiäisenne (nominative singular)
ripsiäisenne (nominative plural)
ripsiäisenne (accusative nominative singular)
ripsiäisenne (accusative nominative plural)
ripsiäisenne (accusative genitive singular)
ripsiäisenne (accusative genitive plural)
ripsiäisenne (genitive singular)
ripsiäistenne (genitive plural)
ripsiäisienne (genitive plural)
ripsiäistänne (partitive singular)
ripsiäisiänne (partitive plural)
ripsiäisessänne (inessive singular)
ripsiäisissänne (inessive plural)
ripsiäisestänne (elative singular)
ripsiäisistänne (elative plural)
ripsiäiseenne (illative singular)
ripsiäisiinne (illative plural)
ripsiäisellänne (adessive singular)
ripsiäisillänne (adessive plural)
ripsiäiseltänne (ablative singular)
ripsiäisiltänne (ablative plural)
ripsiäisellenne (allative singular)
ripsiäisillenne (allative plural)
ripsiäisenänne (essive singular)
ripsiäisinänne (essive plural)
ripsiäiseksenne (singular translative)
ripsiäisiksenne (plural translative)
ripsiäisettänne (abessive singular)
ripsiäisittänne (abessive plural)
ripsiäisinenne (comitative plural)
ripsiäisensä (nominative singular)
ripsiäisensä (nominative plural)
ripsiäisensä (accusative nominative singular)
ripsiäisensä (accusative nominative plural)
ripsiäisensä (accusative genitive singular)
ripsiäisensä (accusative genitive plural)
ripsiäisensä (genitive singular)
ripsiäistensä (genitive plural)
ripsiäisiensä (genitive plural)
ripsiäistään (partitive singular)
ripsiäistänsä (partitive singular)
ripsiäisiään (partitive plural)
ripsiäisiänsä (partitive plural)
ripsiäisessään (inessive singular)
ripsiäisessänsä (inessive singular)
ripsiäisissään (inessive plural)
ripsiäisissänsä (inessive plural)
ripsiäisestään (elative singular)
ripsiäisestänsä (elative singular)
ripsiäisistään (elative plural)
ripsiäisistänsä (elative plural)
ripsiäiseensä (illative singular)
ripsiäisiinsä (illative plural)
ripsiäisellään (adessive singular)
ripsiäisellänsä (adessive singular)
ripsiäisillään (adessive plural)
ripsiäisillänsä (adessive plural)
ripsiäiseltään (ablative singular)
ripsiäiseltänsä (ablative singular)
ripsiäisiltään (ablative plural)
ripsiäisiltänsä (ablative plural)
ripsiäiselleen (allative singular)
ripsiäisellensä (allative singular)
ripsiäisilleen (allative plural)
ripsiäisillensä (allative plural)
ripsiäisenään (essive singular)
ripsiäisenänsä (essive singular)
ripsiäisinään (essive plural)
ripsiäisinänsä (essive plural)
ripsiäisekseen (singular translative)
ripsiäiseksensä (singular translative)
ripsiäisikseen (plural translative)
ripsiäisiksensä (plural translative)
ripsiäisettään (abessive singular)
ripsiäisettänsä (abessive singular)
ripsiäisittään (abessive plural)
ripsiäisittänsä (abessive plural)
ripsiäisineen (comitative plural)
ripsiäisinensä (comitative plural)

(insects) thrips (any of the insects in the order Thysanoptera)


προνύμφη

head

προνύμφη • (pronýmfi) f (plural προνύμφες)

pronýmfi (romanization)
προνύμφες (plural)
προνύμφη (nominative singular)
προνύμφες (nominative plural)
προνύμφης (genitive singular)
προνυμφών (genitive plural)
προνύμφη (accusative singular)
προνύμφες (accusative plural)
προνύμφη (singular vocative)
προνύμφες (plural vocative)


claviger

From Latin claviger, from clava (“club”) + gerere (“to carry”).

Standing body hairs are relatively less numerous and longer in claviger.

1968, Merle Wesley Wing, Taxonomic Revision of the Nearctic Genus Acanthomyops, page 81:

The workers of flavus group species are sometimes confused with claviger group workers, but can be distinguished by relatively dense pubescence all over the body, which creates a dull overall appearances.

2007, Brian L. Fisher, Stefan P. Cover, Ants of North America: A Guide to the Genera, page 104:

All of the species of the claviger group are believed to be temporary social parasits of other Lasius species, but the actual hosts are not all known.

2012, Aaron M. Ellison, Nicholas J. Gotelli, Elizabeth J. Farnsworth, A Field Guide to the Ants of New England, page 179:

(entomology) A group within genus Lasius (formerly considered a subgenera Acanthomyops) of bright yellow to orange species of ant that have 3 maxillary palps and give off a distinctive citronella odor when disturbed. The group name comes from their club-shaped palps.

Over much of its range claviger lays eggs without a blood meal, whereas forms requiring blood for egg laying have been observed on the Black Sea coast.

1949, Agriculture Handbook - Issue 152, page 117:

Claviger is Palearctic in distribution, extending from the British Isles to the Pamir Mountains of Turkestan and the Ob River of western Siberia.

1957, Mosquito Reprints: Matheson Collection - Volume 1, page 335:

The usual breeding places of claviger are springs and wells.

1984, A. R. Zahar, Vector Bionomics in the Epidemiology and Control of Malaria, page 98:

(entomology) A species of mosquito, Anopheles claviger.


ҡанат

qanat (romanization)
ҡанат (absolute singular)
ҡанаттар (absolute plural)
ҡанаттың (definite genitive singular)
ҡанаттарҙың (definite genitive plural)
ҡанатҡа (dative singular)
ҡанаттарға (dative plural)
ҡанатты (accusative definite singular)
ҡанаттарҙы (accusative definite plural)
ҡанатта (locative singular)
ҡанаттарҙа (locative plural)
ҡанаттан (ablative singular)
ҡанаттарҙан (ablative plural)

From Proto-Turkic *kāynat (“wing”).
Cognate with
Old Uyghur [script needed] (qanat, “wing”),
Turkish kanat (“wing”),
Yakut кынат (kınat, “wing”),
etc.

cog

Ҡанаттар осҡанда нығый.

Йыр өҙөлдө; миңә ҡағылып китте Ғазраилдың ҡара ҡанат осо.

(Can we date this quote?), Мостай Кәрим [Mostay Kərim, Mustai Karim], (Please provide the book title or journal name):

The song cut off; the tip of Azrael's black wing touched me (in passing).


gonopod

...a pair of primitively two-segmented arms, the gonopods (claspers, forcipate claspers, anterior gonapophyses, pregonites, harpagones, parameres) arising posterolaterally on sternite 9...

1981, Manual of Nearctic Diptera, volume 1, →ISBN, page 45:

(entomology) A clasping structure, possibly also evolved from legs, at the tip of the abdomen of some male insects.


buccula

Figure 1. Lateral view of head, showing buccula of N. californicus.

1957 October 4, Journal of the Kansas Entomological Society 1957-10: Vol 30 Iss 4:

Buccula rounded, without spiny projection at middle

1993, H Brailovsky, New genera and new species of Colpurini (Heteroptera: Coreidae) from the Fiji Islands and New Guinea:

(entomology) in hemipterans, the ventroanterior part of the bug's head.


coleopterology

suffix

translingual <i class="Latn mention" lang="mul">Coleoptera</i>

(entomology) The scientific study of beetles.


cubitus

Learned borrowing from Latin cubitus. Doublet of cubit.

(entomology) One of the major veins of the insect wing, between the media and the postcubitus; the vein running along the dorsal edge of the discal cell.


calyptra

en-noun

calyptra (plural calyptras or calyptrae)

From Ancient Greek καλύπτρα (kalúptra, “covering or veiling”).

der

(entomology) In flies such as the housefly, Musca, in the taxonomic order Diptera, zoological section Schizophora, subsection Calyptrata, the calyptra is a membranous rearward extension of the forewing; it covers the haltere.


lamellicorn

From French lamellicorne, from Latin lamella (“a thin plate”) + cornu (“a horn”).

(entomology, of antennae) Having a group of flat lamellae on the end.

(entomology, of beetles) Having such antennae.


metasomatic

(entomology) Of or pertaining to the metasoma.


glasán

head

glasán m (genitive singular glasáin, nominative plural glasáin)

glasáin (genitive singular)
glasáin (nominative plural)
glasán (indefinite nominative singular)
glasáin (indefinite nominative plural)
a ghlasáin (indefinite singular vocative)
a ghlasána (indefinite plural vocative)
glasáin (genitive indefinite singular)
glasán (genitive indefinite plural)
glasán (dative indefinite singular)
glasáin (dative indefinite plural)
an glasán (definite nominative singular)
na glasáin (definite nominative plural)
an ghlasáin (definite genitive singular)
na nglasán (definite genitive plural)
leis an nglasán (dative definite singular)
don ghlasán (dative definite singular)
leis na glasáin (dative definite plural)
glasán
ghlasán
nglasán


luna moth

(entomology) A large, green American moth, Actias luna, that has crescent-shaped marks on its wings.


nymphine

(entomology, rare, obsolete) Pertaining to a nymph or nymphs.


tritocerebral

(entomology) Of or pertaining to the tritocerebrum.


subcostal

(entomology) Pertaining to the subcosta and/or the area of the wing next to it.


scarabaeid

From Ancient Greek κάραβος (kárabos, “horned beetle”), via Latin scarabaeus.

uder

(zoology, entomology) Any beetle of the family Scarabaeidae (which includes stag- and dung-beetles).


scarabaeoid

(obsolete, entomology) Of or pertaining to beetles in the family Scarabaeidae.

(entomology) Of or pertaining to beetles in the superfamily Scarabaeoidea.


sterko-skarabeo

sterko-skarabei (plural)
sterkoskarabeo (alternative)

From sterko + skarabeo. Decision no. 847, Progreso VI.


skarabeo

Borrowed from English scarab, French scarabée, German Skarabäus, Italian scarabeo, Russian скарабе́й (skarabéj), Spanish escarabajo. Decision no. 1325, Progreso VII.


coarctate

en-adj

coarctate (comparative more coarctate, superlative most coarctate)

more coarctate (comparative)
most coarctate (superlative)

Borrowed from Latin coarctātus, perfect participle of coarctō (“to press together, compress, contract, confine”), from co- (“being or bringing together, co-”) + arctō (“to draw or press close together”).

af

(entomology) (of the pupa of certain flies) Enclosed in a rigid case formed by the larval cuticle or puparium.


cubital

(entomology) Of or pertaining to the cubitus and/or the areas of the wing next to it.


cubital

Second cubital cell irregularly quadrangular, trapezoid, placed in a direct line with the first and third cubitals

1865, The record of zoological literature:


episternum

en-noun

episternum (plural episternums or episterna)

(entomology) The anterior part of the pleuron of an insect.


prothorax

prothorax (plural prothoraxes or prothoraces)

prothoraxes (plural)
prothoraces (plural)

Holonym: thorax

(entomology) The anterior segment of the insect thorax; it carries the first pair of legs.


pupiparous

(entomology) Producing young that are ready to pupate.


sciath

head

sciath f or m (genitive singular scéithe or scéith, nominative plural sciatha)

scéithe (genitive singular)
scéith (genitive singular)
sciatha (nominative plural)
sciath (indefinite nominative singular)
sciatha (indefinite nominative plural)
a sciath (indefinite singular vocative)
a sciatha (indefinite plural vocative)
scéithe (genitive indefinite singular)
sciath (genitive indefinite plural)
sciath (dative indefinite singular)
scéith (archaic dative dialectal indefinite singular)
sciatha (dative indefinite plural)
an sciath (definite nominative singular)
na sciatha (definite nominative plural)
na scéithe (definite genitive singular)
na sciath (definite genitive plural)
leis an sciath (dative definite singular)
leis an scéith (archaic dative definite dialectal singular)
don sciath (dative definite singular)
don scéith (archaic dative definite dialectal singular)
leis na sciatha (dative definite plural)
sciath (indefinite nominative singular)
sciatha (indefinite nominative plural)
a scéith (indefinite singular vocative)
a sciatha (indefinite plural vocative)
scéith (genitive indefinite singular)
sciath (genitive indefinite plural)
sciath (dative indefinite singular)
sciatha (dative indefinite plural)
an sciath (definite nominative singular)
na sciatha (definite nominative plural)
an scéith (definite genitive singular)
na sciath (definite genitive plural)
leis an sciath (dative definite singular)
don sciath (dative definite singular)
leis na sciatha (dative definite plural)

From Old Irish scíath (“shield, buckler; protection, defence, safeguard”), from Proto-Celtic *skeitos, from Proto-Indo-European *skeyt-, from *skey- (“to cut, separate”). Cognate with Breton skoed, Latin scūtum and Old Church Slavonic щитъ (štitŭ).


sailyard

From Middle English saylyerde, sailyerd, seilȝerd, from Old English seġlġyrd, seġelġyrd (“sailyard”), from Proto-West Germanic *seglagaʀdī and *seglagaʀd (“sailyard, mast”, literally “sail-rod, sail-staff”), equivalent to sail + yard (“staff, rod, stick”). Cognate with German Segelgerte.

(entomology, obsolete) An antenna of an insect.


conterminal

From Latin conterminus, from con- (“with”) + terminus (“border, end”) + -al.

The latter consists of closely attached conterminal joints.

1866, William Edward Shuckard, British Bees: An Introduction to the Study of the Natural History and Economy of the Bees Indigenous to the British Isles, page 28:


jugulum

Borrowing from New Latin jugulum (“the collarbone; the hollow part of the neck above the collarbone; the throat”), diminutive of jugum (“a yoke, collar”).

bor

(entomology) The jugum of an insect's wing.


quaker

(entomology) Any of various lycaenid butterflies of the genus Pithecops.


Thorax

de-noun

Thorax m (strong, genitive Thoraxes, plural Thoraxe or Thoraces)

Thoraxes (genitive)
Thoraxe (plural)
Thoraces (plural)
Thorax (nominative singular)
Thoraxe (definite nominative plural)
Thoraces (definite nominative plural)
Thoraxes (genitive singular)
Thoraxe (definite genitive plural)
Thoraces (definite genitive plural)
Thorax (dative singular)
Thoraxe (dative singular)
Thoraxen (dative definite plural)
Thoraces (dative definite plural)
Thorax (accusative singular)
Thoraxe (accusative definite plural)
Thoraces (accusative definite plural)

From Ancient Greek θώραξ (thṓrax, “a breastplate, cuirass, corslet”).

der

Kopf breiter als der Thorax

1912, Theodor Becker, “Chloropidae”, in Annales Musei Nationalis Hungarici, volume 10, page 135:

(entomology, arachnology) thorax (middle division of certain arthropods)


tegmen

From New Latin, from Latin tegmen, syncopated form of tegimen.

(entomology) In insects such as winged cockroaches and locusts, the stiff, membranous fore wings; in many species they are not primarily used for flight, but serve as protective covering for the delicate hind wings, which are the main organs of flight. The more heavily armoured fore-wings of most beetles are called elytra, not tegmina.


mirid

Mirids continued to be underappreciated as predators even after several species had been used successfully in classical biological control in the 1920s and 1930s.

2000, A. G. Wheeler, Jr., “Chapter 28: Predacious Plant Bugs (Miridae)”, in Carl W. Schaefer, Antonio Ricardo Panizzi, editors, Heteroptera of Economic Importance, page 657:

Interestingly, the reproductive consequences of hornworm and mirid attack are very different for the plant. While the plant metabolically responds very similarly to hornworm and mirid attack and gains resistance to hornworms, attack by mirids (in contrast to attack by hornworms) does not reduce the reproductive success of the plant, although the damage from these piercing-sucking insects can be substantial.

2006, Marcel Dicke, Willem Takken, Chemical Ecology: From Gene to Ecosystem, page 29:

Green mirids may be present at any crop stage from seedlings to podding. Mirid populations are typically low during the vegetative phase, but can increase rapidly after budding as a result of in-crop breeding.

2007, H. Brier, “7: Pulses—Summer (including Peanuts)”, in P. T. Bailey, editor, Pests of Field Crops and Pastures: Identification and Control, page 186:

(entomology) Any insect of the family Miridae, a plant bug.


mesothorax

en-noun

mesothorax (plural mesothoraxes or mesothoraces)

mesothoraxes (plural)
mesothoraces (plural)

Holonym: thorax

(entomology) The middle of the three segments of the thorax of an insect, carrying the second pair of legs, and the forewings when present.

středohruď

the middle of the three segments of the thorax of an insect


anemochory

From anemo- (“wind”) + -chory (“seed dispersal”).

confix

(entomology) The dispersal of young (mites, spiders, etc.) by wind.


anteclypeus

(entomology) The lower part of a divided clypeus, between the postclypeus and the labrum


Femur

de-noun

Femur n or (less common) m (strong, genitive Femurs, plural Femora)

Femurs (genitive)
Femora (plural)
Femur (definite nominative singular)
Femora (definite nominative plural)
Femurs (genitive singular)
Femora (definite genitive plural)
Femur (dative singular)
Femora (dative definite plural)
Femur (accusative definite singular)
Femora (accusative definite plural)

(entomology) femur (segment of insect's leg)


terebrant

/ˈtɛɹəbɹənt/

/ˈtɛɹəbɹənt/

The adjective is a learned borrowing from Latin terebrantem, the accusative masculine or feminine singular of terebrāns, the present active participle of terebrō (“to bore through, perforate, pierce”), from terebra (“instrument for boring, borer, gimlet”) + -ō (suffix forming regular first-conjugation verbs). Terebra is derived from ter(ō) (“to rub; to wear away”) (from Proto-Indo-European *terh₁- (“to drill, pierce; to rub; to turn”)) + -bra (suffix denoting an instrument, forming nouns).
The noun is either derived from the adjective, or is a back-formation from Terebrantia (“suborder of thrips”).

back-formation

The other terebrant hymenoptera feed in the same state either on larvæ, caterpillars particularly, of which they gnaw the interior, without attacking the essential principle of life at first, or on nymphs or eggs of insects, bodies in which they have been deposited under this last form by the mother.

1832, Edward Griffith, Edward Pidgeon, “Supplement on the Hymenoptera”, in Baron Cuvier [i.e., Georges Cuvier], translated by [Edward Griffith], The Animal Kingdom Arranged in Conformity with Its Organization […], volume 15 (The Class Insecta, volume 2), London: […] [Gilbert & Rivington] for Whittaker, Treacher, and Co. […], →OCLC, page 395:

(entomology) Of an insect: that bores (“makes holes”); specifically, belonging to the Terebrantia suborder of thrips which bore using their ovipositors.

poraava

of an insect: that bores; specifically, belonging to the Terebrantia suborder of thrips which bore using their ovipositors


terebrant

/ˈtɛɹəbɹənt/

/ˈtɛɹəbɹənt/

(entomology) An insect that bores (“makes holes”); a borer; specifically, one belonging to the Terebrantia suborder of thrips which bore using their ovipositors.

pistinripsiäinen

insect belonging to the Terebrantia suborder of thrips which bore using their ovipositors


anautogeny

(entomology) The condition, found in many insects, where a gravid female has to feed before oviposition (egg laying), in order for the eggs to mature. This is particularly important in insects that are considered vectors (e.g. mosquitos), as without the necessary feeding, no eggs will be produced.

anautogenia

condition where a gravid insect has to feed before oviposition


holocyclic

en-adj

holocyclic (comparative more holocyclic, superlative most holocyclic)

more holocyclic (comparative)
most holocyclic (superlative)

(entomology) pertaining to an insect that undergoes sexual reproduction during at least part of its life cycle.


puppe

head

puppe c (singular definite puppen, plural indefinite pupper)

puppen (definite singular)
pupper (indefinite plural)


micropterous

en-adj

micropterous (comparative more micropterous, superlative most micropterous)

more micropterous (comparative)
most micropterous (superlative)
micropteran (alternative)

(entomology) Having small, sometimes merely vestigial, wings.


tetrapterous

(botany, entomology) Having four wings or wing-like elements.


whitetip

Any of various animals having a white tip or tips on the body.

(entomology) Any of various species of damselfly of the genus Episynlestes, endemic to Australia.


elitra

From Ancient Greek ἔλυτρον (élutron, “sheath”).


nymff

cy-noun

nymff f (plural nymffod or nimffau or nimffiaid, not mutable)

nymffod (plural)
nimffau (plural)
nimffiaid (plural)

Borrowed from Latin nympha (“nymph, bride”), from Ancient Greek νύμφη (númphē, “bride”).


harpagone

(entomology, usually in the plural) The clasping organ of male genitalia, one of the gonopods


consute

(entomology) Marked as if with stitches, like the wing-covers of some beetles.


cerambycid

The branch was obviously infested and showed a few emergence holes indicative of both buprestids and cerambycids, and when I broke into it I found two unemerged adult Agrilus (different species), which caused me to cut and bundle the branch to being back for rearing.

2022 May 14, Ted C. MacRae, Cupressaceae:

(coleopterology, entomology) Any member of the family Cerambycidae of longhorn beetles.


dziedāt

head

dziedāt (transitive or intransitive, 3rd conjugation, irregular, present dziedu, dziedi, dzied, past dziedāju)

conjugation (third-person)
dziedu (present)
dziedi (present)
dzied (present)
dziedāju (past)
es (first-person indicative singular)
dziedu (first-person indicative present singular)
dziedāju (first-person indicative past singular)
dziedāšu (first-person future indicative singular)
tu (indicative second-person singular)
dziedi (indicative present second-person singular)
dziedāji (indicative past second-person singular)
dziedāsi (future indicative second-person singular)
dziedi (imperative second-person singular)
viņš (indicative singular third-person)
viņa (indicative singular third-person)
dzied (indicative present singular third-person)
dziedāja (indicative past singular third-person)
dziedās (future indicative singular third-person)
lai dzied (imperative singular third-person)
mēs (first-person indicative plural)
dziedam (first-person indicative plural present)
dziedājām (first-person indicative past plural)
dziedāsim (first-person future indicative plural)
dziedāsim (first-person imperative plural)
jūs (indicative plural second-person)
dziedat (indicative plural present second-person)
dziedājāt (indicative past plural second-person)
dziedāsiet (future indicative plural second-person)
dziedāsit (future indicative plural second-person)
dziediet (imperative plural second-person)
viņi (indicative plural third-person)
viņas (indicative plural third-person)
dzied (indicative plural present third-person)
dziedāja (indicative past plural third-person)
dziedās (future indicative plural third-person)
lai dzied (imperative plural third-person)
dziedot (present renarrative)
dziedošs (participle)
esot dziedājis (past renarrative)
dziedādams (participle)
dziedāšot (future renarrative)
dziedot (participle)
lai dziedot (imperative)
dziedam (participle)
dziedājis (active conditional participle past)
dziedātu (conditional present)
dziedams (participle)
būtu dziedājis (conditional past)
dziedāts (participle passive past)
jādzied (debitive indicative)
būt jādzied (debitive indicative)
dziedāt (infinitive)
esot jādzied (conditional debitive)
nedziedāt
jādziedot (conditional debitive)
dziedāšana (noun-from-verb)

From Proto-Baltic *geyd-, from Proto-Indo-European *gēy-, *goy-, *gī- (“to sing, to call, to shout”) with an extra -d. Originally, dziedāt was an iterative-intensive form of an earlier verb, either *gīst (< *gī-d-ti; cf, Lithuanian pra-gýsti), or *giet (< *gie- < *gēy-, from which also dziesma (“song”)).
Cognates include Lithuanian giedóti (“to sing”), pragýsti (“to begin to sing”), gáida, gaidà (“melody; singer”), Proto-Slavic *gajati (Old East Slavic гаяти (gajati, “to croak, to caw”), Russian dialectal га́ять (gájatʹ, “to yawn; to speak, to shout, to make noise; to swear, to yell at someone; to drive animals by shouting”)), Sanskrit गायति (gāyati), गाति (gā́jati, gā́ti, “to sing”), गीत (gī́ta, “having sung”), Tocharian A kāk (“he called”), Tocharian B kāka (“he called”).

cog

gailis dzied

viens putniņš zara galā dzied

one little bird is singing at the end of a branch

kur klusā naktī lakstīgalas dzied, tur klausīties man labprāt tīkas iet

where in the silent night the nightingales sing, there I would love to go listen

“circenis!” bērni sāka čukstēt: “circenis dzied!”

“crickets!” the children began whispering: “the crickets are singing”

(in 3rd person; of certain birds, insects) to sing (to produce sounds, often melodious sounds, typical of its species)


lacinia

(entomology) internal region of the jaw in insects with chewing mouthparts


angustate

en-adj

angustate (comparative more angustate, superlative most angustate)

more angustate (comparative)
most angustate (superlative)

From Latin angustatus (“narrowed”), past participle of angustare (“to make narrow”).


shkëndijë

sq-noun

shkëndijë f (plural shkëndija, definite shkëndija, definite plural shkëndijat)

shkëndija (plural)
shkëndija (definite)
shkëndijat (definite plural)
shkëndijë (indefinite nominative singular)
shkëndija (definite nominative singular)
shkëndija (indefinite nominative plural)
shkëndijat (definite nominative plural)
shkëndijë (accusative indefinite singular)
shkëndijën (accusative definite singular)
shkëndija (accusative indefinite plural)
shkëndijat (accusative definite plural)
shkëndijeje (dative indefinite singular)
shkëndijës (dative definite singular)
shkëndijave (dative indefinite plural)
shkëndijave (dative definite plural)
shkëndijeje (ablative indefinite singular)
shkëndijës (ablative definite singular)
shkëndijash (ablative indefinite plural)
shkëndijave (ablative definite plural)

Borrowed from Vulgar Latin *scintilia, from Latin scintilla. Compare Romanian scânteie.


pulvillus

From Latin pulvillus (“a little cushion”).

(entomology) One of the tiny cushions or pads on the feet of certain insects.


discrimen

en-noun

discrimen (plural discrimina or discrimens)

Except for the coxal socket, the most constant landmarks of the subcoxal region are the midventral discrimen, resulting from the meeting of opposite subcoxae whose contiguous margins have been infolded posteriorly to form the sternal apophyses, and the pleural suture extending from the dorsal articulation of the coxa to the pleural wing process.

1944, Charles Duncan Michener, Comparative external morphology, phylogeny, and a classification of the bees (Hymenoptera), page 173:

Mid-ventrally the sternopleurites unite in a suture, the discrimen, whose inflection forms the very high transparent lamella of the discrimen.

1960, Fred A. Urquhart, The monarch butterfly, page 227:

In a number of forms the discrimen appears to bifurcate at its anterior end, as well seen in Odontosphex.

1998, Michael Andrew Prentice, The Comparative Morphology and Phylogeny of Apoid Wasps (Hymenoptera: Apoidea), page 420:

The eusternum may be reduced to form a tiny furcasternum (= to the portion sometimes called the sternellum) or an internal cryptosternum indicated externally by a single median, longitudinal line called the discrimen.

2005, David Grimaldi, Michael S. Engel, Evolution of the Insects, →ISBN, page 121:

(entomology) A visible dividing line where two structures come together.


jugum

/ˈd͡ʒuː.ɡəm/

Borrowing from Latin jugum (“a yoke, collar; a pair of anything; the summit, ridge”). Doublet of yoke and yuga.

bor

(entomology) A lobe on the forewing of some moths which interlocks with the hindwing in flight.


maplet

(entomology) Any of various nymphalid butterflies of the genus Chersonesia, having map-like marking on the wings.


food plant

food plants (plural)
food-plant (alternative)
foodplant (alternative)

I would have eggs or larvae rushed to me here by plane from all over North America, with their foodplants [...].

1969, Vladimir Nabokov, Ada or Ardor, Penguin, published 2011, page 44:

(chiefly entomology) A plant which is a source of food for a given species.


cabbage white

The name refers to the fact that many butterflies of this genus favor cabbages (among other plants) as host plants for their eggs.

Pieris brassicae
Pieris brassicae#Translingual

(entomology) Any of various largely white butterflies with dark markings in the family Pieridae, especially the species Pieris brassicae, Pieris canidia, and Pieris rapae.


neotenin

Moreover, as we shall see, evidence has accumulated to show that this hormone brings about suppression of adult characters by favouring the differentiation of larval characters. It has therefore been called fore preference the 'juvenile hormone'. If a Greek term is preferred it might be called 'neotenin'.

1954, F. W. Wrigglesworth, The Physiology of Insect Metamorphosis:

Neotenin, also known as the juvenile hormone, is secreted by the corpora allata.

1974, Dennis William Wood, Principles of Animal Physiology, page 318:

“Bound” neotenin should be readily “given up” to “acceptor” molecules, but the authors found evidence that it was to a considerable degree protected from attack by neotenin-specific esterases in the haemolymph; it was surmised that such proteins might play an important part in regulating the action of the hormone.

2013, R. A. Crowson, The Biology of the Coleoptera, page 201:

(entomology) A juvenile hormone, present in insects, which ensures growth of the larva while preventing metamorphosis.


submental

(entomology, relational) Under the mentum; pertaining to the submentum.


szczoteczka

szczoteczka (nominative singular)
szczoteczki (nominative plural)
szczoteczki (genitive singular)
szczoteczek (genitive plural)
szczoteczce (dative singular)
szczoteczkom (dative plural)
szczoteczkę (accusative singular)
szczoteczki (accusative plural)
szczoteczką (instrumental singular)
szczoteczkami (instrumental plural)
szczoteczce (locative singular)
szczoteczkach (locative plural)
szczoteczko (singular vocative)
szczoteczki (plural vocative)

/ʂt͡ʂɔˈtɛt͡ʂ.ka/


poduszeczka

poduszeczka (nominative singular)
poduszeczki (nominative plural)
poduszeczki (genitive singular)
poduszeczek (genitive plural)
poduszeczce (dative singular)
poduszeczkom (dative plural)
poduszeczkę (accusative singular)
poduszeczki (accusative plural)
poduszeczką (instrumental singular)
poduszeczkami (instrumental plural)
poduszeczce (locative singular)
poduszeczkach (locative plural)
poduszeczko (singular vocative)
poduszeczki (plural vocative)


pokrywa

pokrywka (diminutive)
pokrywa (nominative singular)
pokrywy (nominative plural)
pokrywy (genitive singular)
pokryw (genitive plural)
pokrywie (dative singular)
pokrywom (dative plural)
pokrywę (accusative singular)
pokrywy (accusative plural)
pokrywą (instrumental singular)
pokrywami (instrumental plural)
pokrywie (locative singular)
pokrywach (locative plural)
pokrywo (singular vocative)
pokrywy (plural vocative)


biyázhí

bi- (“his/her/its/their”) + yázhí (“young”)


piceous

en-adj

piceous (comparative more piceous, superlative most piceous)

more piceous (comparative)
most piceous (superlative)

From Latin piceus (“like pitch; pitch-black”) + -ous (suffix forming adjectives denoting possession or presence of a quality). Piceus is derived from pix (“pitch, tar”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *peyH- (“fat; milk”)) + -eus (suffix forming adjectives indicating the sources of attributes). The English word is cognate with Italian piceo (“like pitch; of a dark brown colour”), Spanish piceo (“like pitch; of a dark brown colour”).

cog

piceous:

Piciroſtris. Oblong, black: ſilvery-ſilky: ſnout half way and legs piceous.

1806, Charles Linné [i.e., Carl Linnaeus], William Turton, A General System of Nature, through the Three Grand Kingdoms of Animals, Vegetables, and Minerals, […] In Seven Volumes, volume II (Animal Kingdom), part I (Insects), London: Printed [by Dewick & Clarke] for Lackington, Allen, and Co. […], →OCLC, page 215:

The colour of the upper part is a mixture of yellowish-white and piceous disposed in dots, exactly resembling mosaic work, […]

1828 June 17, Thomas Bell, “VII. Description of a New Species of Agama, Brought from the Columbia River by Mr. [David] Douglass.”, in The Transactions of the Linnean Society of London, volume XVI, London: Printed by Richard Taylor, […]; and by Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown, Green, and Longman, […]; and William Wood, […], published 1833, →OCLC, pages 105–106:

Abdomen with shining cinereous tomentum, and with five lines of piceous spots; […] Tibiæ piceous towards the tips; tarsi piceous.

1868 February 6, Andrew Murray, “On an Undescribed Light-giving Coleopterous Larva (Provisionally Named Astraptor illuminator)”, in The Journal of the Linnean Society. Zoology, volume X, London: Sold at the [Linnean] Society [of London]’s apartments, […]; and by Longmans, Green, Reader, and Dyer, and Williams and Norgate, published 1870, →OCLC, paragraph 16, page 90:

Front and middle legs yellow, coxae black behind, femora piceous posteriorly; […]

1940 September, R. A. Cushman, A Review of the Parasitic Wasps of the Ichneumonid Genus Exenterus Hartig (United States Department of Agriculture Miscellaneous Publication; no. 354), Washington, D.C.: U.S. Government Printing Office, →OCLC, page 12:

Agabus elongatus […] Legs rufous; metafemur piceous.

1995, Anders N. Nilsson, Mogens Holmen, “Subfamily Colymbetinae”, in N. P. Kristensen, editor, The Aquatic Adephagia (Coleoptera) of Fennoscandia and Denmark. II. Dytiscidae (Fauna Entomologica Scandinavica), volume 32, Leiden, New York, N.Y.: E[vert] J[an] Leiden, →ISBN, →ISSN, paragraph 95, page 110:

From the year of its establishment, darkness seemed to have found a home in Beet College. Dark pink for the brick buildings, dark green for the doorjambs and the benches, dark iron for the hinges, dark stone for Nathaniel's Tomb; darkness in the piceous roots of trees that broke through the earth like bones through skin.

2008, Roger Rosenblatt, chapter 1, in Beet: A Novel, New York, N.Y.: Ecco Press, →ISBN:

Gyrophaenia uteana Casey […] [H]ead piceous, pronotum dark rufo-testaceous to piceous; elytra reddish-brown with sutural region and posterior angles piceous, abdomen yellowish- or reddish-brown, apical portion often darker, piceous; […]

2018, Jan Klimaszewski et al., “Tribe Homalotini Heer, 1839”, in Aleocharine Rove Beetles of Eastern Canada (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae, Aleocharinae): A Glimpse of Megadiversity, Cham, Switzerland: Springer Nature, →DOI, →ISBN, paragraph 162, page 378:

(chiefly entomology) Resembling pitch in colour; a very dark brown.


epicranial

From epi- + cranial, or epicranium + -al.

(entomology) Of or relating to the epicranium of an insect's head.


libellulid

(entomology) A dragonfly of the Libellulidae family.


parnassian

(entomology) A papilionid butterfly of the holarctic alpine genus Parnassius or the subfamily Parnassiinae; an apollo butterfly.


parnassian

(entomology) Of, relating to, or designating papilionid butterflies of the genus Parnassius or the subfamily Parnassiinae, consisting of the apollo butterflies.


rostelliform

en-adj

rostelliform (comparative more rostelliform, superlative most rostelliform)

more rostelliform (comparative)
most rostelliform (superlative)

(entomology) Having the form of a rostellum, or small beak.


tingid

(entomology) Of or pertaining to the family Tingidae, the lace bugs.


tingid

(entomology) Any of the family Tingidae, the lace bugs.


infumated

infumated (comparative more infumated, superlative most infumated)

more infumated (comparative)
most infumated (superlative)

(entomology) Having a cloudy appearance.


trapezate

trapezate (comparative more trapezate, superlative most trapezate)

more trapezate (comparative)
most trapezate (superlative)

(archaic, entomology) Having the shape of a trapezium; trapeziform.


necrophagan

(entomology, obsolete) Any of the former tribe Necrophaga of beetles that feed on carrion.


obtecto

it-adj

obtecto (feminine obtecta, masculine plural obtecti, feminine plural obtecte)

obtecta (feminine)
obtecti (masculine plural)
obtecte (feminine plural)
obtetto (alternative)

Borrowed from Latin obtēctus (“covered”), perfect passive participle of obtegō.


apocrite

(entomology) any insect of the suborder Apocrita


dermopteran

Earwigs are dermopterans.

w:Webster's Dictionary#Webster's New International Dictionary 1909

(entomology, obsolete) Any insect which has the anterior pair of wings coriaceous, and does not use them in flight.

(entomology) Misspelling of dermapteran.


terminalia

The terminalia consist of the terminal complex of modified genital and anal segments, plus any adjacent segments that show modifications for copulation and oviposition.

1981, Manual of Nearctic Diptera, volume 1, →ISBN, page 37:

Part of the documentation includes the first detailed illustrations and descriptions of structures of the male terminalia.

2005, “Revision of New World Species of Shore Fly Genus Discomyza Meigen (Diptera: Ephydridae)”, in Annals of the Entomological Society of America^(http://dx.doi.org/10.1603/0013-8746(2005)098%5B0431:RONWSO%5D2.0.CO;2), volume 98, number 4, page 431:

(entomology) The hindmost segments of the abdomen of an insect, modified for reproduction.


antennate

en-verb

antennate (third-person singular simple present antennates, present participle antennating, simple past and past participle antennated)

antennates (present singular third-person)
antennating (participle present)
antennated (participle past)
antennated (past)

From antenna + -ate (verb-forming suffix).

Workers attempt to avoid the queen, but if antennated try to escape or exhibit a submissive crouching posture, while the queen starts to bite and pull their legs and antennae.

2005, Peter J.B. Slater, Jay S. Rosenblatt, Charles T. Snowdon, Advances in the Study of Behavior, →ISBN, page 10:

(entomology, of an insect) To bring one's antennae into contact with another insect.


papillulate

From papillule + -ate (adjective-forming suffix).

af

(entomology) Having a minute papilla (papillule) in the centre of a larger elevation or depression.


clypeate

en-adj

clypeate (comparative more clypeate, superlative most clypeate)

more clypeate (comparative)
most clypeate (superlative)

Borrowed from Latin clipeātus, perfect passive participle of clipeō (“to arm with a shield”) (see -ate (adjective-forming suffix)), from clupeus, clipeus (“shield”).

(entomology) Furnished with a protective plate, shield or shell.


lilacine

lilacine (comparative more lilacine, superlative most lilacine)

more lilacine (comparative)
most lilacine (superlative)


trochantine

(archaic, entomology) The joint of the leg of an insect linking the coxa and trochanter


redtail

(entomology) A species of damselfly, Ceriagrion aeruginosum, of Australia, New Guinea, and Indonesia, having a bright red abdomen.


fuscation

From Latin fuscare, fuscatum (“to make dark”), from fuscus (“dark”).

It is true other species have some fuscation but with them it is slight, not noticeable casually, and has usually been omitted in descriptions.

1911, A. A. Girault, “Hymenoptera”, in Transactions of the American Entomological Society, volume 37, page 51:

The same as victoria but the scape is also dark red, including also the long pedicel and the first two funicle joints (and a part of the third); the abdoment is reddish only along the median line of the venter; the fore wings bear the same general pattern ( as regards fuscation ) but they are more irregularly fumated, the two fumated areas less distinctly separated, especially caudad.

1915, Ronald Hamlyn-Harris, Memoirs of the Queensland Museum - Volume 4, page 333:

Air-tube index 6.5 to 7.0, without any fuscation near the center;

1954, Richard H. Foote., The Larvae and Pupae of the Mosquitoes Belonging to the Culex Subgenera Melanoconion and Moschlostyrax, page 60::

(entomology) A darkening; obscurity; obfuscation.


pyralid

/pʌɪˈɹeɪlɪd/

(entomology) A moth of the family Pyralidae.


pyralid

pyralid (comparative more pyralid, superlative most pyralid)

more pyralid (comparative)
most pyralid (superlative)

/pʌɪˈɹeɪlɪd/

They are often tiny, frequently brown and always challenging to identify but an average of one new species of pyralid moth each year is turning up in Britain, according to experts.

2018 June 14, Patrick Barkham, The Guardian:

(entomology) Pertaining to the Pyralidae family of moths.


palpiform

palpiform (comparative more palpiform, superlative most palpiform)

more palpiform (comparative)
most palpiform (superlative)

From palpus + -iform. Compare French palpiforme.

palpiform appendages

palpiform joint

palpiform proboscis

(archaic, entomology) Having the form of a palpus.


palpigerous

in their eyes usually on a moveable footstalk ; their palpigerous mandibles ; and their four antennæ

1818, William Kirby, William Spence, An Introduction To Entomology: Or, Elements Of The Natural History Of Insects:


endothorax

The endothorax in the mesothelium does not have a small thorn, with an irregular pectinate tooth in the second to seventh segments of the posterior edge of the abdomen

2018, Ying-Kun Huang, Wen-Feng Li, Rong-Yue Zhang, Color Illustration of Diagnosis and Control for Modern Sugarcane Diseases, Pests, and Weeds:

(entomology) An internal processes of the thorax.


tegular

tegular (comparative more tegular, superlative most tegular)

more tegular (comparative)
most tegular (superlative)

From Latin tēgulāris, from tēgula (“a tile”). See tile.


metasternum

(entomology) The ventral sclerite (or exoskeletal plate) of the metathorax of insects.


biocellate

a biocellate wing/insect

(botany, entomology) Having two ocelli, or eye-like spots.


postabdomen

en-noun

postabdomen (plural postabdomens or postabdomina)

postabdomens (plural)
postabdomina (plural)

The postabdomens of both sexes of Cinderella lampra Steyskal and of the unique female of C. aczeli, n. sp. (Mendoza, Argentina) are described.

1969, George C. Steyskal, “The Postabdomen of Cinderella, with a New Species from Argentina (Diptera: Heleomyzidae)”, in Journal of the Kansas Entomological Society, volume 42, number 1, →JSTOR, pages 80–83:

No special preparation in glycerine of male and female postabdomina were made because the features of diagnostic importance are well visible in dry condition, but as a result not all characters of the postabdomina can be described.

2011, Hans-Peter Tschorsnig, “A new species of Istocheta Rondani (Diptera: Tachinidae) from the Mercantour National Park, France”, in Stuttgarter Beiträge zur Naturkunde A (Neue Serie), volume 4, pages 335–340:

The anthomyiid oviscapt (postabdomen) is as regards the ground plan undoubtedly slender, well set off from and hardly shorter than the preabdomen, and has slender cerci with projecting, cylindrical apices.

2013, Verner Michelsen, “Proposal of Karliella gen. n. for the Afrotropical ‘Pegomya’ sexpunctata Karl, 1935 (Diptera: Anthomyiidae), a possible kleptoparasite of dung-breeding beetles”, in African Invertebrates, volume 54, number 2, →DOI, pages 335–347:

(entomology) The terminal segments of the abdomen of an insect, modified for reproduction.


paraglossa

paraglossa (plural paraglossas or paraglossae)

paraglossas (plural)
paraglossae (plural)

From para- + glossa (“insect's tongue”).

(entomology) One of a pair of small appendages of the lingua of certain insects.


procerebrum

The median mass of the procerebrum is formed by the fusion of the procerebral lobes .

(entomology) The forepart of an insect brain that is involved in processing sensory information, particularly related to vision and olfaction.


libelluloid

(entomology) Like or pertaining to the dragonflies.


panoistic

From pan- + Ancient Greek ᾠόν (ōión, “egg”) + -istic.

(entomology) Producing ova only; said of the ovaries of certain insects which do not produce vitelligenous cells.


discal

(entomology) Relating to the central area of an insect's elytron or wing.


irroration

Underside: ground-colour similar, both fore and hind wings with extensive irroration of black scale which varies considerably in amount: in some specimens it is very dense and gives a glackish tint to the ground-colour, especially on the hind wing.

1907, L. Colonel, C.T. Bingham, The Fauna Of British India, page 239:

Black, markings formed by pale blue glossy irroration; markings white on costal edge.

1952, Alexey Diakonoff, Microlepidoptera of New Guinea, page 100:

[…] costa with whitish strigulæ separated by dark fuscous or blackish irroration […]

1969, J. F. Clarke, Exotic microlepidoptera, page 32:

(chiefly entomology) Markings reminiscent of spots or dew drops.


stridulatory

The stridulatory mechanisms and sound patterns in these groups probably reflect the origins of acoustic communication in Orthoptera, particularly since many of the primitive genera lack ears and appear to use sound only for defence, as a plesiomorphic (primitive) condition (Field, 1993a).

2001, L. H. Field, The Biology of Wetas, King Crickets and Their Allies, page 271:

(usually entomology) Able to stridulate, used in stridulating, or adapted for stridulation.


thysanopterous

(entomology) Of or pertaining to the Thysanoptera, the thrips.


pierid

(entomology) Any member of the butterfly family Pieridae.


podical

podical plates

(archaic, entomology) anal (applied to certain body parts)


monogynous

(entomology) Exhibiting or relating to monogyny, having only one queen.


palpiger

(entomology) The portion of the labium that bears the palpi in insects.


trímer

ca-adj

trímer (feminine trímera, masculine plural trímers, feminine plural trímeres)

trímera (feminine)
trímers (masculine plural)
trímeres (feminine plural)


cossid

(zoology, entomology) Any moth of the family Cossidae of carpenter miller moths.


sesquialterous

From Latin sesquialter + English -ous, from sesqui- (“a half and a”) + alter (“another, a second”).

(entomology, archaic) Synonym of sesquialteral, having a band or dot occupying a third of a wing.


ametabolic

ametabolic insects

(entomology) Not undergoing metamorphosis


tent caterpillar

en-noun

tent caterpillar (plural tent caterpillars)

(entomology) A larva belonging to any of a number of species of moths of the genus Malacosoma, known for destructive infestation of trees in which the leaves are consumed and prominent, silken tent-like structures are constructed in the branches.


kráľovná

kráľ (masculine)
singular
plural
nominative
kráľovná
kráľovné
genitive
kráľovnej
kráľovien
dative
kráľovnám
accusative
kráľovnú
locative
kráľovnách
instrumental
kráľovnou
kráľovnami


mosquito hawk

mosquito hawks (plural)
mosquitohawk (alternative)

(entomology) Any of various species of dragonfly of the genus Micromidia, endemic to eastern Australia.


scaraboid

en-adj

scaraboid (comparative more scaraboid, superlative most scaraboid)

more scaraboid (comparative)
most scaraboid (superlative)

(coleopterology, entomology) Of or pertaining to the family Scarabaeidae, an extensive group which includes the Egyptian scarab, the tumbledung, and many similar lamellicorn beetles.


scaraboid

(coleopterology, entomology) Any scaraboid beetle.


sedecimarticulate

Mycetophila. Meig. Antennæ porrect, cylindrical, sedecimarticulate.

1856, William Clark, transl., Handbook of Zoology, volume 1, London: Longman, Brown, Green, Longmans, and Roberts, translation of original by Jan van der Hoeven, page 342:


duodecimarticulate

Cordila. Meig., Latr. Antennæ duodecimarticulate, compressed, clavate.


quadriarticulate

Palps incurved, quadriarticulate.


undecimarticulate

Antennæ undecimarticulate, perfoliate.

1856, William Clark, transl., Handbook of Zoology, volume 1, London: Longman, Brown, Green, Longmans, and Roberts, translation of original by Jan van der Hoeven, page 341:


spārns

spārns (nominative singular)
spārni (nominative plural)
spārna (genitive singular)
spārnu (genitive plural)
spārnam (dative singular)
spārniem (dative plural)
spārnu (accusative singular)
spārnus (accusative plural)
spārnu (instrumental singular)
spārniem (instrumental plural)
spārnā (locative singular)
spārnos (locative plural)
spārn (singular vocative)
spārni (plural vocative)

From Proto-Baltic *sparnas (with lengthening of the *a), from Proto-Indo-European *sper-no- (“wing”), from the stem *per-, *sper- (with s-mobile; or else the /s/ may result from the influence of the stem *sper- (“to twitch, to flicker”)), perhaps meaning originally “over (away from)”, then “carry (away)”, “fly (away)”. Cognates include Lithuanian spar̃nas, Old Church Slavonic перо (pero, “feather”), Russian перо́ (peró), Ukrainian перо́ (peró), Bulgarian перо́ (peró), Upper Sorbian pjero, German Farn, English fern, Hittite [script needed] (partau̯ar, “feather”), Sanskrit पर्ण (parṇá, “feather; leaf”).

cog

putna, tauriņa, sienāža spārns

a bird's, butterfly's, grasshopper's wing

izplest spārnus

sakļaust spārnus

spārnu vēzieni

(anatomy, of birds, insects, bats) wing (one of a pair of flight organs)


sesquialteral

From Latin sesquialter + English -al, from sesqui (“a half and a”) + alter (“another, a second”).

(entomology, archaic) Occupying a third of a wing or including a smaller band or spot in a larger one.


metastriate

(entomology) Describing ticks (of the order Ixodida) in which the anal groove of the adult is behind the anus.


holometabolous

(entomology) Pertaining to, or undergoing, holometabolism; going through complete metamorphosis.


ventrianal

(entomology) Between the abdomen and the anus.


acanthosomatid

(entomology) Any member of the Acanthosomatidae.


aclerdid

(entomology) Any member of the family Aclerdidae.


acridid

(entomology) Any member of the family Acrididae of locusts and related grasshoppers.


acrocerid

The Acrocerids are very curious and characteristic flies on account of their small head, large, bulbous thorax, inflated abdomen and large thoracic squamulae.

1907, William Lundbeck, Diptera Danica: Genera and Species of Flies Hitherto Found in Denmark, G.E.C. Gad, →OCLC:

The winged form of acrocerids is characterized by a great reduction in the size of the head, by very great increase of the thorax with weak legs, and by small, often costalized wings; the flies feed, if at all, on the nectar of flowers.

1974, Boris B. Rohdendorf, The Historical Development of Diptera, University of Alberta Press, →OCLC, page 86:

(entomology) Any fly of the family Acroceridae.


aeshnid

(entomology) Any member of the Aeshnidae.


agromyzid

(entomology) Any member of the family Agromyzidae.


agyrtid

(entomology) Any member of the family Agyrtidae.


aidid

Aidids have presumably homologous warts, although these do not bear long secondary setae.

1996, Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology, volumes 580-589, page 96:

(entomology) Any member of the family Aididae.


alydid

(entomology) Any member of the family Alydidae, the broad-headed bugs.


zopherid

(entomology) Any member of the Zopheridae.


anostostomatid

(entomology) Any member of the Anostostomatidae, the wetas.


anthelid

(entomology) Any of the moths in the family Anthelidae.


anthicid

From translingual Anthicidae, from Anthicus.

(entomology) Any of the beetles in the family Anthicidae.


anthocorid

(entomology) Any member of the insect family Anthocoridae, the minute pirate bugs, pirate bugs, or flower bugs.


aradid

(entomology) Any member of the family Aradidae, the flat bugs.


archipsocid

(entomology) Any booklouse in the family Archipsocidae.


ascalaphid

(entomology) Any member of the family Ascalaphidae of owlflies.


blaberid

(entomology) Any of the family Blaberidae of cockroaches.


caenid

(entomology) Any mayfly in the family Caenidae.


calliphorid

(entomology) Any fly in the family Calliphoridae.


cimicid

(entomology) Any member of the family Cimicidae, such as bedbugs.


corixid

(entomology) Any member of the family Corixidae, the water boatmen.


corydalid

(entomology) Any member of the Corydalidae, the dobsonflies and fishflies.


cydnid

(entomology) Any member of the family Cydnidae of burrowing bugs.


cylindrachetid

(entomology) Any member of the family Cylindrachetidae, the sandgropers .


delphacid

(entomology) Any member of the family Delphacidae of planthoppers.


diaspidid

The main enemies of diaspidids, however, are hymenopterous parasites which, although capable of locating potential host within the fungal thallus, can reach the insect within the chambers only rarely.

1989, H. C. Evans, “9: Mycopathogens of Insects of Epideal and Aerial Habitats”, in N. Wilding, N. M. Collins, P. M. Hammond, J. F. Webber, editors, Insect-Fungus Interactions, page 226:

The first-stage larvae of C. coperniciae are similar to diaspidid crawlers. Second-instar larvae are heavily sclerotized, with distinct truncate abdomens, and, unlike second-instar diaspidids, have functional legs.

2001, F. W. Howard, Insects on Palms, page 223:

At least 26 species of diaspidids attack mangoes worldwide (Chua and Wood, 1990).

2009, J. E. Peña, M. Aluja, M. Wysoki, “10: Pests”, in Richard E. Litz, editor, The Mango: Botany, Production and Uses, page 342:

(entomology) Any of the armoured scale insects of the family Diaspididae.


enicocephalid

(entomology) Any member of the family Enicocephalidae, the unique-headed bugs or gnat bugs.


erotylid

pleasing fungus beetle
pleasing fungus beetle

(entomology) Any member of the Erotylidae family of insects; a pleasing fungus beetle.


gelastocorid

(entomology) Any member of the family Gelastocoridae, the toad bugs


gerrid

However some gerrids, nepids and veliids are attacked by allantonematid nematodes and Burton (1963) found Wuchereria bancrofti (Cobb) in a bedbug, although this insect was not considered an intermediate host.

1975, George O. Poinar, Entomogenous Nematodes: A Manual and Host List of Insect-nematode Associations:

(entomology) Any member of the family Gerridae, the water striders.


gryllacridid

(entomology) Any member of the Gryllacrididae.


gryllid

(entomology) Any member of the Gryllidae, the crickets.


gryllotalpid

(entomology) Any member of the family Gryllotalpidae, the mole crickets.


haematopinid

(entomology) Any louse in the family Haematopinidae.


hebrid

(entomology) Any member of the family Hebridae, the velvet water bugs.


heptageniid

(entomology) Any mayfly in the family Heptageniidae.


hydrometrid

(entomology) Any member of the family Hydrometridae, the water measurers or marsh treaders


acanaloniid

(entomology) Any member of the family Acanaloniidae.


laemophloeid

(entomology) Any member of the Laemophloeidae.


leptohyphid

(entomology) Any mayfly in the family Leptohyphidae.


leptophlebiid

(entomology) Any mayfly in the family Leptophlebiidae.


limnephilid

(entomology) Any of the caddisflies in the family Limnephilidae.


macromiid

(entomology) Any dragonfly of the family Macromiidae.


menoponid

(entomology) Any louse in the family Menoponidae.


mydaid

(entomology) Any member of the Mydidae; a Mydas fly.


nabid

(entomology) Any member of the family Nabidae, the damsel bugs


naucorid

(entomology) Any member of the family Naucoridae, the creeping water bugs


notonectid

(entomology) Any member of the family Notonectidae, the backswimmers.


pediciid

(entomology) Any fly in the family Pediciidae.


petalurid

(entomology) Any dragonfly in the family Petaluridae.


philopterid

(entomology) Any of the family Philopteridae of lice.


piesmatid

(entomology) Any member of the family Piesmatidae, the ash-gray leaf bugs.


prophalangopsid

(entomology) Any member of the Prophalangopsidae, the grigs.


psocid

Psocids (New 1987) are free-living insects that feed on microflora and organic debris on surfaces of vegetation or on other surfaces.[…]Psocids are frequently gregarious as nymphs or adults and may even group together under a communal web.

1993, Charles Leonard Hogue, Latin American Insects and Entomology, page 186:

The houe psocid, Liposcelis bostrychophilus, is a tropical species, but it occurs primarily in households in temperate regions.

2005, William H. Robinson, Urban Insects and Arachnids: A Handbook of Urban Entomology, page 367:

Nymphs and adults of psocids are regularly found in caves. Psyllipsocidae (in Europe the most common psocid in caves is Psyllipsocus ramburii) and Prionoglarididae are perhaps particularly characteristic of caves.[…]In the case of psocids, it has been suggested that the Psyllipsocidae (an ancient group) may have survived by avoiding competition with more recent forms by inhabitibg caves or similar habitats.

2008, John L. Capinera, editor, Encyclopedia of Entomology, volume 4, page 396:

(entomology) Any insect of the family Psocidae.


pterophorid

Borrowed from translingual Pterophoridae, from the type genus of Pterophorus, from the root words of Ancient Greek πτερόν (pterón, “feather, wing”) + Ancient Greek -φόρος (-phóros, “-bearing”).

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No kinematic adaptations particular to the extraordinary wing structure of pterophorids are evident, and adjacent wing lobes appear to form a continuous surface (Norberg, 1972b).

2018, Robert Dudley, The Biomechanics of Insect Flight: Form, Function, Evolution:

Of these, only one pterophorid appeared to probe inside flowers from both species, starting on P. dilatata then moving to P. stricta; however, no pollinia removal or transfer could be seen.

2022 May 9, Genevieve E. van der Voort, Scott R. Gilmore, Jamieson C. Gorrell, Jasmine K. Janes, “Continuous video capture, and pollinia tracking, in Platanthera (Orchidaceae) reveal new insect visitors and potential pollinators”, in PeerJ:

(entomology) Any moth of the family Pterophoridae.


pterophorid

en-adj

pterophorid (comparative more pterophorid, superlative most pterophorid)

more pterophorid (comparative)
most pterophorid (superlative)

The realized sample sizes were far lower (64 and 95, respectively); most of the tagged flowers were not recovered in 2016 due to herbivory from an outbreak of Heliothis phloxiphaga, the most common herbivore (LoPresti et al., 2015), as well as consumption by brush rabbits (Sylvilagus bachmani), and a small pterophorid caterpillar (probably Amblyptilia pica).

2019 August 12, E. F. LoPresti, J. Goidell, J. M. Mola, M. L. Page, C. D. Specht, C. Stuligross, M. G. Weber, N. M. Williams, R. Karban, “A lever action hypothesis for pendulous hummingbird flowers: experimental evidence from a columbine”, in PLoS One:

Five videos showed insects moving between both P. dilatata and P. stricta: two with syrphid flies that hovered near, or landed on, flowers of both species, and three showed pterophorid moths landing on both species.

(entomology) Relating to the Pterophoridae family of moths.


pyrgomorphid

(entomology) Any grasshopper in the Pyrgomorphidae.


pyrrhocorid

(entomology) Any member of the family Pyrrhocoridae.


rhaphidophorid

(entomology) Any member of the family Rhaphidophoridae, the cave crickets or camel crickets.


romaleid

Like many New World romaleids, these insects, which are called bush locusts (Bishop 1940; Kevan 1949), are often social in the nymphal or hopper stage and become more solitary as adults.

2006, James T. Costa, The Other Insect Societies, page 88:

Females of the romaleid grasshopper Romalea guttata generate a defensive secretion in glands surrounding the metathoracic tracheal trunks and the secretion is stored in the tracheal lumina.

2009, Jorg D. Hardege, Chemical Ecology, page 142:

There are several species and subespecies of the neotropical romaleid grasshopper genus Chromacris (which means colored grasshoppers), which, when adults, all follow the green-yellow blue pattern as in this male of Chromacris psittaccus pacificus, but they can be told apart by subtle differences in the spotting and striped pattern.

2012, Juan Cardona, Grasshoppers of Colombia - A photo Guide:

(entomology) Any member of the Romaleidae (lubber grasshoppers).


saldid

(entomology) Any member of the family Saldidae, the shore bugs.


schizodactylid

(entomology) Any member of the Schizodactylidae, the dune crickets.


veliid

(entomology) Any member of the family Veliidae of riffle bugs.


sialid

(entomology) Any member of the family Sialidae of alderflies.


stenopelmatid

(entomology) Any member of the family Stenopelmatidae of Jerusalem crickets.


termitaphidid

(entomology) Any member of the family Termitaphididae, the termite bugs.


tetrigid

(entomology) Any member of the family Tetrigidae (groundhoppers).


tridactylid

(entomology) Any pygmy mole cricket in the family Tridactylidae.


tortrix

From translingual Tortrix (“genus name”), being the namesake of the family Tortricidae.

(entomology) A tortrix moth, any member of the family Tortricidae


pigidio

Borrowed from New Latin pygidium, from Ancient Greek πυγή (pugḗ, “tail”).


echinophthiriid

(entomology) Any louse in the family Echinophthiriidae.


hoplopleurid

(entomology) Any louse in the family Hoplopleuridae.


linognathid

(entomology) Any louse in the family Linognathidae.


polyplacid

(entomology) Any louse in the family Polyplacidae.


shtrep

sq-noun

shtrep m (plural shtrepa, definite shtrepi, definite plural shtrepat)

shtrepa (plural)
shtrepi (definite)
shtrepat (definite plural)
shtrep (indefinite nominative singular)
shtrepi (definite nominative singular)
shtrepa (indefinite nominative plural)
shtrepat (definite nominative plural)
shtrep (accusative indefinite singular)
shtrepin (accusative definite singular)
shtrepa (accusative indefinite plural)
shtrepat (accusative definite plural)
shtrepi (dative indefinite singular)
shtrepit (dative definite singular)
shtrepave (dative indefinite plural)
shtrepave (dative definite plural)
shtrepi (ablative indefinite singular)
shtrepit (ablative definite singular)
shtrepash (ablative indefinite plural)
shtrepave (ablative definite plural)
shtrepë (alternative)
shtrebë (alternative)

From Proto-Albanian *straupa, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)rowpos. Compare Serbo-Croatian strup (“scab”), Lithuanian raupai̇̃ (“smallpox”). Possibly a singularized plural of shtrap.


epimeron

From Ancient Greek ἐπι- (epi-, “upon”) + μέρος (méros, “a part”).

prefix

(entomology) In insects, the lateral piece behind the episternum.


monolectic

en-adj

monolectic (comparative more monolectic, superlative most monolectic)

more monolectic (comparative)
most monolectic (superlative)

(entomology) Of or relating to an insect (especially a bee) which collects pollen from the flowers of a single plant species.


cocún

head

cocún m (genitive singular cocúin, nominative plural cocúin)

cocúin (genitive singular)
cocúin (nominative plural)
cocún (indefinite nominative singular)
cocúin (indefinite nominative plural)
a chocúin (indefinite singular vocative)
a chocúna (indefinite plural vocative)
cocúin (genitive indefinite singular)
cocún (genitive indefinite plural)
cocún (dative indefinite singular)
cocúin (dative indefinite plural)
an cocún (definite nominative singular)
na cocúin (definite nominative plural)
an chocúin (definite genitive singular)
na gcocún (definite genitive plural)
leis an gcocún (dative definite singular)
don chocún (dative definite singular)
leis na cocúin (dative definite plural)
cocún
chocún
gcocún

Borrowed from English cocoon, from French cocon, a diminutive of coque (“shell”).


aurelia

From Italian aurelia (“chrysalis”), from Latin aureus (“golden”).

(entomology, archaic) The chrysalis of an insect, especially of a butterfly.


namra

Native derivation from the root, which is from Sicilian nnamurari, itself derived from Latin amor. Compare Italian innamorare, French enamourer.


aresta

From Latin arista. Doublet of arista, which was borrowed.

(entomology) (Diabrotica speciosa) cucurbit beetle


oligolecty

/ɒˌlɪɡə(ʊ)-/

Probably from oligolectic + -y (suffix forming abstract nouns denoting conditions, qualities, or states). Oligolectic is derived from English oligo- (prefix meaning ‘few’) (from Ancient Greek ὀλῐ́γος (olĭ́gos, “few, little”), from Proto-Indo-European *(o)leyg- (“indigent, poor; miserable”)) + Ancient Greek λεκτός (lektós, “chosen”) (from λέγω (légō, “to choose; to arrange; to gather”), from Proto-Indo-European *leǵ- (“to collect, gather”)) + English -ic (suffix forming adjectives meaning ‘of or pertaining to’ from nouns), possibly modelled after eclectic.

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We have, thus, a case where different types of bees are similarly adapted to oligolecty on a certain group of plants.

1944 April 10, Charles Duncan Michener, “Comparative External Morphology, Phylogeny, and a Classification of the Bees (Hymenoptera)”, in Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History, volume 82, article 6, New York, N.Y.: American Museum of Natural History, →ISSN, →OCLC, part 2 (Comparative External Morphology of the Bees), page 218, column 2:

The most likely explanation for oligolecty in bees is not different from the explanation of specificity of any organism to its habitat; in fact, oligolecty is a form of host specificity.

1954 June 21, Charles Duncan Michener, “Bees of Panamá”, in Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History, volume 104, article 1, New York, N.Y.: American Museum of Natural History, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 6, column 2:

In so far as now known, all of the species exhibit a high degree of oligolecty (or monolecty) being restricted in pollen collecting to a single genus of plants.

1955 October, E[arle] G[orton] Linsley, J[ohn] W[inslow] MacSwain, Ray F[red] Smith, “Observations on the Nesting Habits and Flower Relationships of Some Species of Melandrina (Hymenoptera: Andrenidae)”, in P. D. Hurd, Jr., editor, The Pan-Pacific Entomologist, volume XXXI, number 4, San Francisco, Calif.: Pacific Coast Entomological Society, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 175:

An individual of a polylectic species that takes pollen from only a few kinds of plants is showing flower constancy rather than oligolecty.

1974, Charles Duncan Michener, “Glossary”, in The Social Behavior of the Bees, Cambridge, Mass.: The Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, →ISBN, page 373, column 1:

Once oligolecty was documented, the following two summers were used for field study of widely separated populations of I. pandurata.

1978, Daniel F. Austin, “Morning Glory Bees and the Ipomoea pandurata Complex (Hymenoptera: Anthophoridae)”, in Manya B. Stoetzel, editor, Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington, volume 80, number 3, Washington, D.C.: Entomological Society of Washington, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 397:

That oligolecty exists is indisputable, but its application to particular bee species engenders confusion and debate. […] We propose a definition of oligolecty that is sufficiently inclusive without diluting the intended meaning for undisputed cases: we define oligolecty as consistent and predictable reliance of a species on a few plant genera for their pollen needs.

2006, James H. Cane, Sedonia Sipes, “Characterizing Floral Specialization by Bees: Analytical Methods and a Revised Lexicon for Oligolecty”, in Nickolas M. Waser, Jeff Ollerton, editors, Plant–Pollinator Interactions: From Specialization to Generalization, Chicago, Ill., London: University of Chicago Press, →ISBN, part II (The Ecology and Evolution of Specialized and Generalized Pollination), page 110:

In most studies sampling is limited to a few sites, and therefore oligolecty is dubiously assigned. Moreover, both abundant and minor pollen types are generally considered at a same level of importance.

2018, Favio Gerardo Vossler, “Are Stingless Bees a Broadly Polylectic Group? An Empirical Study of the Adjustments Required for an Improved Assessment of Pollen Diet in Bees”, in Patricia Vit, Silvia R. M. Pedro, David W. Roubik, editors, Pot-pollen in Stingless Bee Melittology, Cham, Switzerland: Springer Nature, →DOI, →ISBN, part I (Pollen and the Evolution of Mutualism), section 2.2 (Pollen Specialization Categories in Bees), page 19, column 1:

The two most basal bee families, Dasypodaidae and Mellitidae, are predominantly composed of pollen specialists, indicating that oligolecty might be the ancestral state in bees[…]. In the western Palaearctic anthidiine bees, several transitions from oligolecty to polylecty were found, but none from polylecty to oligolecty[…].

2020, R. G. Vastrad, “Specialized Bees Fail to Develop on Non-host Pollen: Do Plants Chemically Protect Their Pollen?”, in A Study of Floral Specialization in Solitary Bees, Raleigh, N.C.: Lulu, →ISBN, page 31:

(entomology) The preference of an insect pollinator (chiefly a bee) for pollinating only a few plant species.

قِلَّة الجَمْع

preference of an insect pollinator for pollinating only a few plant species


oligolectic

/ˌɒlɪɡə(ʊ)ˈlɛktɪk/

/ɒˌlɪɡə(ʊ)-/

/ˌɑləɡoʊˈlɛktɪk/

From English oligo- (prefix meaning ‘few’) (from Ancient Greek ὀλῐ́γος (olĭ́gos, “few, little”), from Proto-Indo-European *(o)leyg- (“indigent, poor; miserable”)) + Ancient Greek λεκτός (lektós, “chosen”) (from λέγω (légō, “to choose; to arrange; to gather”), from Proto-Indo-European *leǵ- (“to collect, gather”)) + English -ic (suffix forming adjectives meaning ‘of or pertaining to’ from nouns), possibly modelled after eclectic.

(entomology) Relating to, or characteristic of, oligolecty.

oligolectique

relating to, or characteristic of, oligolecty


scutellar

(entomology) Ellipsis of scutellar bristles.