brown

en-noun

brown (countable and uncountable, plural browns)

Bislama: braon

Tok Pisin: braun

→ Welsh: brown

→ Tongan: palauni

From Middle English broun, from Old English brūn (“brown; dark; dusky”), from Proto-West Germanic *brūn, from Proto-Germanic *brūnaz, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰerH-. Doublet of bruin.
Cognates
* Dutch bruin
* German braun
* Ancient Greek φρύνη (phrúnē), φρῦνος (phrûnos, “toad”)
* Latin brunneus (“brown”)
* Lithuanian bė́ras (“brown”)
* Sanskrit बभ्रु (babhrú, “reddish-brown”)
* West Frisian brún

cog

(entomology) Any of various nymphalid butterflies of subfamily Satyrinae (formerly the family Satyridae), such as those of the genera Heteronympha and Melanitis.

heinäperhonen

nymphalid butterfly of subfamily Satyrinae


abdomen

First attested in 1541. Borrowed from Middle French abdomen, from Latin abdomen, possibly from abdō (“conceal”), from ab (“away”) + -dō (“put, place”).

(zoology, entomology) The posterior section of the body, behind the thorax, in insects, crustaceans, and other Arthropoda.

abdomen

posterior section of an arthropod's body


abdomen

From Dutch abdomen, from Middle French abdomen, from Latin abdōmen.

(entomology) abdomen (the posterior section of an arthropod's body)


abdomen

ms-noun

abdomen (Jawi spelling ابدومن, plural abdomen-abdomen)

ابدومن (Jawi)
abdomen-abdomen (plural)
abdoman (alternative)

Borrowed from English abdomen, from Middle French abdomen, from Latin abdomen, possibly from abdō (“conceal”), from ab (“away”) + -dō (“put, place”).

(entomology) abdomen (the posterior section of an arthropod's body).


abdomen

head

abdomen n (definite singular abdomenet, indefinite plural abdomen or abdomina, definite plural abdomena or abdomenene or abdominaene)

abdomenet (definite singular)
abdomen (indefinite plural)
abdomina (indefinite plural)
abdomena (definite plural)
abdomenene (definite plural)
abdominaene (definite plural)

NB - Pronunciation of Norwegian Bokmål «abdomen».ogg

From Latin abdōmen (“belly, abdomen; gluttony”), possibly from both abdō (“I hide, conceal”), from ab- (“from, away, off”), from ab (“from, away from, on, in”), from Proto-Italic *ab, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂epó (“off, away”) (+ the ending *dō (“put”), from Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁- (“to do, put, place”)) + and from -men (forms neuter nouns), from Proto-Italic *-men, from Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥ (creates action nouns or result nouns).

der

computertomografi ved akutt abdomen

2005 July 4, tidsskriftet.no (Tidsskrift for Den norske lægeforening):

computed tomography of the acute abdomen

Mary Diamonds tronende abdomen

1974, Knut Faldbakken, Uår. Aftenlandet, page 175:

en henvisning til ultralyd abdomen og nyrer

1997, Liv Køltzow, Verden forsvinner, page 98:

a reference to ultrasound of the abdomen and kidneys

(anatomy, entomology) abdomen, belly (or that part of the body between the thorax and the pelvis)

(zoology, entomology) abdomen (the posterior section of the body, behind the thorax, in insects, crustaceans, and other Arthropoda)


comma

en-noun

comma (plural commas or (rare) commata or (obsolete) commaes)

commas (plural)
commata (plural rare)
commaes (obsolete plural)
come (alternative obsolete)

From Latin comma, from Ancient Greek κόμμα (kómma), from κόπτω (kóptō, “I cut”).

Commas (Polygonia comma) and Question Marks (Polygonia interrogationis) occur from the Gulf Coast to Canada and west to the Rockies. [...] Question Marks and Commas are handsome butterflies with burnt orange and black markings. [...] On the underside of each hind wing of the Comma is a small, distinctive silver hook that resembles a comma.

2004, Scott Shalaway, “Close-ups”, in Butterflies in the Backyard, Mechanicsburg, Pa.: Stackpole Books, →ISBN, page 18:

Other members of this genus that are frequently encountered in the park are the eastern comma (P. comma) and question mark (P. interrogationis).

2013, Ann Simpson, Rob Simpson, “Butterflies and Moths”, in Nature Guide to Shenandoah National Park (Falcon Pocket Guide), Guilford, Conn., Helena, Mont.: Falcon Guides, Globe Pequot Press, →ISBN, page 91:

(entomology) Any of various nymphalid butterflies of the genus Polygonia, having a comma-shaped white mark on the underwings, especially Polygonia c-album and Polygonia c-aureum of North Africa, Europe, and Asia.


map

→ Irish: mapa

Shortening or back-formation of Middle English mappemounde, mapemounde (“world map”), from Old French mapamonde, from Medieval Latin mappa mundī, compound of Latin mappa (“napkin, cloth”) and mundus (“world”). See mop for more on the first component. Doublet of mop, nape, and nappe.

(entomology) Any of various nymphalid butterflies of the genera Araschnia (especially, Araschnia levana) and Cyrestis, having map-like markings on the wings.


blue

blue (countable and uncountable, plural blues)

blues (plural)
blew (alternative obsolete)
blewe (alternative obsolete)

From Middle English blewe, from Anglo-Norman blew (“blue”), from Middle French bleu, from Old French blöe, bleve, blef (“blue”), from Frankish *blāu (“blue”) (perhaps through a Late Latin blāvus, blāvius (“blue”) attested from Isidore of Seville), from Proto-Germanic *blēwaz (“blue, dark blue”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰlēw- (“yellow, blond, grey”).
Cognate with dialectal English blow (“blue”), Scots blue, blew (“blue”), North Frisian bla, blö (“blue”), Saterland Frisian blau (“blue”), Dutch blauw (“blue”), German blau (“blue”), Danish, Norwegian and Swedish blå (“blue”), Icelandic blár (“blue”), Latin flāvus (“yellow”), French bleu (“blue”), Middle Irish blá (“yellow”). Doublet of blow.
Possibly related also to English blee (“colour”), from Old English blēo (“colour”); but direct derivatives of Proto-Germanic *blēwaz (“blue, dark blue”) in Old English include: Old English blāw and blēo (“blue”), Old English blǣwen (“bluish, light-blue”), blǣhǣwen (“blue-coloured, bluish, violet or purple colour”, literally “blue-hued”). There seems to be a parallel connection in Germanic between words for blue and colour, dually exemplified by Proto-West Germanic *blīu (“colour, blee”) and *blāu (“blue”); and Proto-Germanic *hiwją (“colour, hue”) and *hēwijaz (“blue, purple”).
The sense "obscene, pornographic" is apparently from the colour; various theories exist as to how it arose, including that it is from the colour of the envelopes used to contain missives of the censors and managers to vaudevillian performers on objectionable material from their acts that needed to be excised.

m+

(entomology) Any of the butterflies of the subfamily Polyommatinae in the family Lycaenidae, most of which have blue on their wings.

blåfugl

butterfly of the subfamily Polyommatinae


knight

From Middle English knight, knyght, kniht, from Old English cniht (“boy; servant, knight”), from Proto-West Germanic *kneht.

inh

(entomology) Any of various nymphalid butterflies of the genus Ypthima.


mine

From Middle English, from Old French mine, from Late Latin mina, from Gaulish (compare to Welsh mwyn, Irish mianach (“ore”)), from Proto-Celtic *meinis (“ore, metal”).

en:cavity made by caterpillar that is eating

(entomology) The cavity made by a caterpillar while feeding inside a leaf.


pupa

pupas (plural)
pupae (plural)
pupæ (plural)

Borrowed from New Latin, from a special use of Latin pūpa (“little girl; doll, puppet”). Doublet of pupe; compare also puppet, puppy.

der

The public is the pupae of the purposely purblind […]

1959 April 21, Walt Kelly, Pogo: The Complete Syndicated Comic Strips, Seattle, Wash.: Fantagraphics Books, published 2011, →ISBN, page 34:

(entomology) An insect in the development stage between larva and adult.


copper

en-noun

copper (countable and uncountable, plural coppers)

Inherited from Middle English coper, from Old English coper, copor (“copper”), from Late Latin cuprum (“copper”), contraction of Latin aes Cyprium (literally “Cyprian brass”), from Ancient Greek Κύπρος (Kúpros, “Cyprus”). Cognate with Dutch koper (“copper”), German Kupfer (“copper”), Icelandic kopar (“copper”).

der

LL-Q1860 (eng)-Naomi Persephone Amethyst (NaomiAmethyst)-copper.wav

(entomology) Any of various lycaenid butterflies with copper-coloured upperwings, especially those of the genera Lycaena and Paralucia.


emerald

en-noun

emerald (countable and uncountable, plural emeralds)

→ Welsh: emrald, emrallt

From Middle English emeraude, borrowed from Old French esmeraude, from Vulgar Latin *smaralda, *smaraldus, *smaraudus, variant of Latin smaragdus, from Ancient Greek σμάραγδος (smáragdos), μάραγδος (máragdos), from a Semitic language. Compare Hebrew בָּרֶקֶת (bāréqeṯ, “emerald, flashing gem”), Akkadian 𒁀𒊏𒄣 (baraqu, literally “scintillation”), Arabic بَرْق (barq, literally “flashing”), Egyptian bwyrqꜣ (literally “to sparkle”):D58-Z7-Z4:D21-N29-Z1-G1-D6 and loanwords with Semitic etymon such as Sanskrit मरकत (marakata) and Persian زمرد (zomorrod) (whence Turkish zümrüt and Russian изумру́д (izumrúd)).

cog

(entomology) Any of various species of dragonfly of the family Corduliidae.


mijn

nl-noun

mijn f (plural mijnen, diminutive mijntje n)

mijnen (plural)
mijntje (diminutive neuter)

Afrikaans: myn

From Middle Dutch mine, from Old French mine, from Late Latin mina, from Gaulish, from Proto-Celtic *meinis (“ore, metal”). Some senses are borrowed from French mine (“explosive device”) and Middle French mine (“tunnel for sapping”).

bor

(entomology) shaft dug by an insect larva in plant organs, such as leaves


fly

en-verb

fly (third-person singular simple present flies, present participle flying, simple past flew, past participle flown)

flies (present singular third-person)
flying (participle present)
flew (past)
flown (participle past)
fly (infinitive)
fly (first-person present singular)
flew (first-person past singular)
fly (present second-person singular)
fliest (archaic present second-person singular)
flyest (archaic present second-person singular)
flew (past second-person singular)
flewest (archaic past second-person singular)
flies (present singular third-person)
flieth (archaic present singular third-person)
flyeth (archaic present singular third-person)
flew (past singular third-person)
fly (plural present)
flew (past plural)
fly (present subjunctive)
flew (past subjunctive)
fly (imperative present)
flying (participle present)
flown (participle past)

From Middle English flien, from Old English flēogan, from Proto-Germanic *fleuganą (compare Saterland Frisian fljooge, Dutch vliegen, Low German flegen, German fliegen, Danish flyve, Norwegian Nynorsk flyga), from Proto-Indo-European *plewk- (*plew-k-, “to fly”) (compare Lithuanian plaũkti ‘to swim’), enlargement of *plew- (“flow”). More at flee and flow.

der

could eat the arse out of a low flying duck

could eat the crotch out of a low flying duck

could eat the crutch from a low flying duck

don't drive faster than your guardian angel can fly

take a flying fuck at a rolling doughnut

This species flies from late summer until frost.

(intransitive, entomology, of a type of moth or butterfly) To be in the winged adult stage.


bug

bugs (plural)
bugg (alternative obsolete)

First attested in this form around 1620 (referring to a “bedbug”), from earlier bugge (“beetle”), from Middle English bugge (“scarecrow, hobgoblin”) which is traced alternatively to:
* a Celtic root found in Scots bogill (“goblin, bugbear”) and obsolete Welsh bwg (“ghost, hobgoblin”); compare Welsh bwgwl (“threat, fear”) and Isthmus Mixe bocanách (“supernatural being”).
* Proto-Germanic *bugja- (“swollen up, thick”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰew-, *bu- (“to swell”); compare Norwegian bugge (“big man”), dialectal Low German Bögge (“goblin, snot”).
* or to a word related to buck and originally referring to a goat-shaped spectre.
For the “insect” meaning the assonance with Middle English budde (“beetle”), from Old English budda, from Proto-Germanic *buddô, *buzdô, from the same ultimate source as above, might have played a role. Compare Low German Budde (“louse, grub”), Norwegian budda (“newborn domestic animal”)). More at bud. But ultimately this convergence of meaning doesn't prove a conflation of the two terms, they might have existed parallely since PIE times with similar meanings, even if unnoticed by literary sources.
The term is used to refer to technical errors and problems at least as early as the 19th century, predating the commonly known story of a moth being caught in a computer.

cog

given enough eyeballs, all bugs are shallow

(entomology) An insect of the order Hemiptera (the “true bugs”).


cell

From Middle English celle, selle, from Old English cell (attested in inflected forms), from Latin cella (“chamber, small room, compartment”), later reinforced by Old French cel, sele, Old French cele. ultimately from Proto-Italic *kelnā, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱelneh₂, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱel- (“to cover”). Doublet of cella and hall.

der

intrinsically photosensitive retinal ganglion cell

melanopsin-containing retinal ganglion cell

(entomology) The discal cell of the wing of a lepidopteran insect.

(entomology) An area of an insect wing bounded by veins.


collar

Inherited from Late Latin collāre (“an unattached item worn about the neck”), from Latin collāris.

inh+

(entomology) a collar (lobed membranous expansion of the prothorax of some insects)


flat

From Middle English flat, a borrowing from Old Norse flatr (compare Norwegian and Swedish flat, Danish flad), from Proto-Germanic *flataz, from Proto-Indo-European *pleth₂- (“flat”); akin to Saterland Frisian flot (“smooth”), German Flöz (“a geological layer”), Ancient Greek πλατύς (platús), Latvian plats, Sanskrit प्रथस् (prathas, “extension”). Doublet of plat and pleyt.
The noun is from Middle English flat (“level piece of ground, flat edge of a weapon”), from the adjective.
The algebraic sense was coined by Serre in a 1956 paper, originally as French plat.

inh

(entomology) Any of various hesperiid butterflies that spread their wings open when they land.


peacock

→ Hawaiian: pīkake
→ English: pikake

→ Maori: pīkake

From Middle English pecok, pekok, pocok, pacok, equivalent to pea (“peafowl; peacock”) + cock. Compare Old Norse páfugl (“peacock”, literally “pea-fowl”), and English peahen, peachick, etc.

cog

(entomology) Any of various Asian species of papilionid butterflies of the genus Papilio.


sugar

en-verb

sugar (third-person singular simple present sugars, present participle sugaring, simple past and past participle sugared)

sugars (present singular third-person)
sugaring (participle present)
sugared (participle past)
sugared (past)
shugar (alternative obsolete)

Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch
sugar

From Middle English sugre, sucre, from Middle French sucre, from Old French çucre (circa 13th century), from Old Italian zucchero (or another vernacular of Italy), from Arabic سُكَّر (sukkar), from Persian شکر (šakar), from Middle Persian [script needed] (škl), 𐫢𐫞𐫡 (šqr /šakar/), from Sanskrit शर्करा (śárkarā, “ground or candied sugar", originally "grit, gravel”). Akin to Ancient Greek κρόκη (krókē, “pebble”), whence the words crocodile and krokodil are derived. Doublet of jaggery and sucro-.
The verb is from Middle English sugren, from the noun.

der

Some entomologists assert that it is useless to sugar when ivy is in bloom.

1876, W. Sandison, “Note on sugaring”, in The Entomologist's Monthly Magazine, volume 12, page 207:

The latter are best taken by "sugaring" — painting patches of mixed beer and sugar on a series of tree trunks, and making several rounds at twilight with a lantern and a cyanide bottle.

1921, Arthur Herbert Savory, Grain and Chaff from an English Manor:

Sugaring attracts some species of moth that do not readily come to light.

2006, William J. Sutherland, Ecological Census Techniques: A Handbook:

(entomology) To apply sugar to trees or plants in order to catch moths.


tail

Sranan Tongo: tere

From Middle English tail, tayl, teil, from Old English tæġl (“tail”), from Proto-West Germanic *tagl, from Proto-Germanic *taglą (“hair, fiber; hair of a tail”), from Proto-Indo-European *doḱ- (“hair of the tail”), from Proto-Indo-European *deḱ- (“to tear, fray, shred”). Cognate with Scots tail (“tail”), Saterland Frisian Tail (“tail, end”), West Frisian teil (“tail”), Dutch teil (“tail, haulm, blade”), Low German Tagel (“twisted scourge, whip of thongs and ropes; end of a rope”), German Zagel (“tail”), dialectal Danish tavl (“hair of the tail”), Swedish tagel (“hair of the tail, horsehair”), Norwegian tagl (“tail”), Icelandic tagl (“tail, horsetail, ponytail”), Gothic 𐍄𐌰𐌲𐌻 (tagl, “hair”). In some senses, apparently by a generalization of the usual opposition between head and tail.

cog

have the world by the tail on a downhill pull

mackerel sky and mare's-tails make lofty ships carry low sails

mackerel sky and mare's-tails make tall ships carry low sails

the cow knows not the worth of its tail till it loses it

trust someone as far as one could fling a bull by the tail

(entomology) A filamentous projection on the tornal section of each hind wing of certain butterflies.


count

From Middle English counte, from Anglo-Norman conte and Old French comte (“count”), from Latin comes (“companion”) (more specifically derived from its accusative form comitem) in the sense of "noble fighting alongside the king". Doublet of comes, comte, and conte.

(entomology) Any of various nymphalid butterflies of the genus Tanaecia. Other butterflies in this genus are called earls and viscounts.


emperor

emperors (plural)
emperour (alternative)

From Middle English emperour, from Anglo-Norman emperour, from Latin imperātorem, derived from imperō (“to command”). Doublet of imperator. Displaced earlier Old English casere, from Latin Caesar.

(entomology) Any of various butterflies of the subfamily Charaxinae.

(entomology) Any of various large dragonflies of the cosmopolitan genus Anax.


earl

From Middle English erl, erle, from Old English eorl, from Proto-West Germanic *erl, from Proto-Germanic *erlaz (compare Old Saxon erl, Old Norse jarl), from Proto-Germanic *erōną, *arōną (compare Old Norse jara (“fight, battle”)). Doublet of eorl and jarl. Unrelated to ealdorman (“alderman”).

(entomology) Any of various nymphalid butterflies of the genus Tanaecia. Other butterflies in this genus are called counts and viscounts.


剣

/kem/ → /kemʉ/ → /keɴ/
From Middle Chinese 劍 (MC kjaemH).
Compare modern Mandarin 劍 /剑 (jiàn).


卵

Pictogram (象形) – spawn, egg.
Usually thought of as derived from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *s-row (“egg, nit”) with nominalizing suffix *‑n; compare Tibetan སྲོ་མ (sro ma, “egg of a louse, nit, small bubble”) (Benedict, 1976; Gong, 1995; Schuessler, 2007; STEDT).
Alternatively, STEDT compares it to Proto-Sino-Tibetan *(r/l)um (“egg”), while noting a few phonological problems with the comparison.
Sagart and Ma (2020) propose that it may be related to 果 (OC *kloːlʔ, “fruit”).


嘶

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 /形声, OC *seː): semantic 口 (“mouth”) + phonetic 斯 (OC *se).

Han compound

Tiān shuāng hé bái yè xīng xī, yī yàn shēng sī héchù guī.

天霜河白夜星稀，一雁聲嘶何處歸。

天霜河白夜星稀，一雁声嘶何处归。

(of birds; insects) mournful murmur; whimpering


quest

en-verb

quest (third-person singular simple present quests, present participle questing, simple past and past participle quested)

quests (present singular third-person)
questing (participle present)
quested (participle past)
quested (past)

From Middle English quest, queste; partly from Anglo-Norman queste, Old French queste (“acquisition, search, hunt”), and partly from their source, Latin quaesta (“tribute, tax, inquiry, search”), noun use of quaesita, the feminine past participle of quaerere (“to ask, seek”).

der

(entomology, of a tick) To locate and attach to a host animal.


plane

planes (plural)
'plane (alternative dated)

(entomology) Any of various nymphalid butterflies, of various genera, having a slow gliding flight.

(entomology) The butterfly Bindahara phocides, family Lycaenidae, of Asia and Australasia.


needle

From Middle English nedle, from Old English nǣdl, from Proto-West Germanic *nāþlu, from Proto-Germanic *nēþlō, from pre-Germanic *neh₁-tleh₂, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)neh₁- (“to spin, twist”).
Cognates
Cognate with Dutch naald (“needle”), German Nadel (“needle, pin, crochet hook”), German nähen (“sew”), Danish nål (“needle”), Norwegian nål (“needle”), Finnish neula (“needle”). Further related with Welsh nyddu, Latin nēre, Sanskrit स्नायति (snāyati, “wraps up, winds”). Related to snood.

cog

it is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for a rich man to enter into the kingdom of God

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


punch

(entomology) Any of various riodinid butterflies of the genus Dodona of Asia.


radius

Borrowed from Latin radius (“ray”). Doublet of ray.

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


apollo

(entomology) Any of several papilionid butterflies of the genus Parnassius, especially Parnassius apollo of Eurasia (also known as the mountain apollo).


minor

minors (plural)
miner (alternative)
maner (alternative)
minore (alternative)
minour (alternative)
mynor (alternative)
mynour (alternative)
mynowr (alternative)
mi (alternative)

From Middle English minor, menor, menour, etc., from Latin minor (“lesser; young; young person”) both directly and via Norman and Middle French menor, menour, etc. Doublet of minus but not mini-. Cognate with minister, minify, Minorca, Menshevik, and possibly minnow. Compare Latin minimum and minuō, Old High German minniro, Cornish minow.

der

(entomology) Any of various noctuid moths in Europe and Asia, chiefly in the Oligia and Mesoligia genera.

(entomology) A leaf-cutter worker ant intermediate in size between a minim and a media.


major

majors (plural)
majour (alternative obsolete)

[ˈmeɪ̯d͡ʒɚ(ɹ)]

[ˈmeɪ̯d͡ʒə(ɹ)]

[ˈmæɪ̯d͡ʒə(ɹ)]

From Middle English major, from Latin maior, comparative of magnus (“great, large; noble, important”), from Proto-Indo-European *méǵh₂yōs (“greater”), comparative of *meǵh₂- (“great”). Compare West Frisian majoar (“major”), Dutch majoor (“major”), French majeur. Doublet of mayor.

pääaineopiskelija

student specializing in a specified subject

(entomology) A large leaf-cutter ant that acts as a soldier, defending the nest.


ursine

en-adj

ursine (comparative more ursine, superlative most ursine)

more ursine (comparative)
most ursine (superlative)

Mid 16th century, from Latin ursīnus, adjectival form of ursus (“bear”) + -ine.

(entomology, of caterpillars) Covered in stiff bristles.


hawk

Sranan Tongo: aka

From Middle English hauk, hauke, hawke, havek, from Old English hafoc (“hawk”), from Proto-West Germanic *habuk, from Proto-Germanic *habukaz, controversially derived from Proto-Indo-European *kopuǵos, perhaps ultimately derived from *keh₂p- (“seize”).
See also West Frisian hauk, German Low German Haavke, Dutch havik, German Habicht, Swedish hök, Danish høg, Norwegian Bokmål hauk, Norwegian Nynorsk hauk, Faroese heykur, Icelandic haukur, Finnish haukka, Estonian haugas; also Latin capys, capus (“bird of prey”), Albanian gabonjë, shkabë (“eagle”), Russian ко́бец (kóbec, “falcon”), Polish kobuz (“Eurasian Hobby”)).

(entomology) Any of various species of dragonfly of the genera Apocordulia and Austrocordulia, endemic to Australia.


annual

First attested around 1382, borrowed from Late Latin annuālem, annuālis, related to Latin annālis, adjective form of annus (“year”). Used to categorize plants since 1710.

(entomology) Living or lasting just one season or year, as certain insects or insect colonies.


stimulus

Borrowed from Latin stimulus (“goad, prick”).

bor+

Many plants, like many animals, are furnished with arms for their protection; these are either aculei, prickles […]; or stimuli, stings, as in the nettles, which are armed with a venomous fluid for the annoyance of naked animals.

1789, Erasmus Darwin, The Loves of the Plants, J. Johnson, page 15:

(botany, entomology) A stinging part on the body of a plant or insect.


anal

en-adj

anal (comparative more anal, superlative most anal)

more anal (comparative)
most anal (superlative)

Borrowed from Latin ānālis.
Psychological sense shortened from anal-retentive.

(entomology, of a vein) Proximate to the thorax.


царица

ru-noun+

цари́ца • (caríca) f anim (genitive цари́цы, nominative plural цари́цы, genitive plural цари́ц, masculine царь)

цари́ца (canonical)
caríca (romanization)
цари́цы (genitive)
цари́цы (nominative plural)
цари́ц (genitive plural)
царь (masculine)
цари́ца (nominative singular)
цари́цы (nominative plural)
цари́цы (genitive singular)
цари́ц (genitive plural)
цари́це (dative singular)
цари́цам (dative plural)
цари́цу (accusative singular)
цари́ц (accusative plural)
цари́цей (instrumental singular)
цари́цею (instrumental singular)
цари́цами (instrumental plural)
цари́це (prepositional singular)
цари́цах (plural prepositional)
цари́ца (dated nominative singular)
цари́цы (dated nominative plural)
цари́цы (dated genitive singular)
цари́цъ (dated genitive plural)
цари́цѣ (dated dative singular)
цари́цамъ (dated dative plural)
цари́цу (accusative dated singular)
цари́цъ (accusative dated plural)
цари́цей (dated instrumental singular)
цари́цею (dated instrumental singular)
цари́цами (dated instrumental plural)
цари́цѣ (dated prepositional singular)
цари́цахъ (dated plural prepositional)


femur

(entomology) The middle segment of the leg of an insect, between the trochanter and the tibia.


wasp

⇒ Sranan Tongo: waswasi

Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *webʰ-
Proto-Indo-European *wóbʰseh₂
Proto-Germanic *wapsō
Proto-West Germanic *wapsu
Old English wæps
Middle English wasp
English wasp
Inherited from Middle English wasp, waspe, waps, from Old English wæsp, wæps, from Proto-West Germanic *wapsu, from Proto-Germanic *wapsō, from Proto-Indo-European *wóbʰseh₂ (“wasp”), from *webʰ- (“to weave”), referring to the insect's woven nests.
Compare Dutch wesp, German Wespe, Danish hveps. Metathesis of /s/ and /p/ was both a process of some generality within English (compare grasp from Middle English grapsen, and—affecting other plosives—ascian ~ acsian (“to ask”)) and common in the reflexes of *wóps-eh₂ (“wasp”) in particular, as the aforementioned Germanic cognates (and non-Germanic cognates like Latin vespa) evince.

senseno

any stinging flying insect resembling a hornet

sand wasp

genus Ammophila spp., in family Sphecidae, or tribe Bembicini, in family Crabronidae

en:any insect of suborder Apocrita except an ant

(entomology) Any of the members of suborder Apocrita, excepting the ants (family Formicidae) and bees (clade Anthophila).

Any of the members of the family Vespidae.


incubus

From Late Latin incubus, from Latin incubō (“nightmare, one who lies down on the sleeper”), from incubō (“to lie upon, to hatch”, from in- (“on”) + cubō (“to lie down”)).

der

(entomology) One of various of parasitic insects, especially subfamily Aphidiinae.


luna

Borrowed from Latin lūna (“moon; month; crescent”).

“Gee,” whispered Oliver. He sat there staring. “A luna! I never thought I’d see a real luna!”

1944, Elizabeth Enright, Then There Were Five, Farrar & Rinehart, page 80:

On the previous evening we had discovered with delight a luna with the fabulous moons, one on each pale green wing.

1969, Sterling North, “An Introduction to Butterflies and Moths”, in Boys’ Life, May 1969 issue, Boy Scouts of America, page 64

Spray BT on your young oak to protect against gypsy moths, and you wipe out future lunas, cecropias, and everything else on the leaves, along with the pests.

2010, Sally Roth (contributor), in Judy Pray (compiler), Garden Wisdom & Know-How: Everything You Need to Know to Plant, Grow, and Harvest, Black Dog & Leventhal Publishers, Inc., page 348

(entomology) A luna moth: a member of species Actias luna.


lingua

Unadapted borrowing from Latin lingua (“the tongue”). Doublet of langue and tongue.

ubor

(entomology) A median process of the labium, at the underside of the mouth in insects, and serving as a tongue.


labium

Learned borrowing from Latin labium (“a lip”). Doublet of lip.

lbor

(entomology) A lower mouthpart of an insect that is formed by the second pair of maxillae united in the middle line.

(zoology) A liplike part of various invertebrates.


nympha

From Latin nympha, from Ancient Greek νύμφη (númphē, “bride, nymph”). Doublet of nymph.


nymph

nymphs (plural)
nymphae (plural)
nymphe (alternative archaic rare)

From Middle English nimphe, from Old English nymphē and Old French nimphe, both from Latin nympha (“nymph, bride”), from Ancient Greek νύμφη (númphē, “bride”). Doublet of nympha.

(entomology) The larva of certain insects.

(entomology) Any of various butterflies of the family Nymphalidae.


tripod

en-verb

tripod (third-person singular simple present tripods, present participle tripoding, simple past and past participle tripoded)

tripods (present singular third-person)
tripoding (participle present)
tripoded (participle past)
tripoded (past)

PIE word
 *tréyes
Borrowed from Latin tripūs, tripodis, from Ancient Greek τρίπους (trípous); equivalent to tri- + -pod. Doublet of tripus and teapoy.

(entomology, intransitive) Of a lizard, to raise its body upright bracing itself on hind legs and tail.


callus

en-noun

callus (countable and uncountable, plural calluses or calli)

Borrowed from Latin callum (“hard skin”). Displaced native Old English wearr.

(entomology) A shining area on the frons of many species of Tabanomorpha (horse flies and relatives).


Fuchs

de-noun

Fuchs m (strong, genitive Fuchses, plural Füchse, diminutive Füchslein n or Füchschen n, feminine Füchsin)

Fuchses (genitive)
Füchse (plural)
Füchslein (diminutive neuter)
Füchschen (diminutive neuter)
Füchsin (feminine)
Fuchs (nominative singular)
Füchse (definite nominative plural)
Fuchses (genitive singular)
Füchse (definite genitive plural)
Fuchs (dative singular)
Fuchse (dative singular)
Füchsen (dative definite plural)
Fuchs (accusative singular)
Füchse (accusative definite plural)

From Middle High German vuhs, from Old High German fuhs, from Proto-West Germanic *fuhs, from Proto-Germanic *fuhsaz, from Proto-Indo-European *púḱsos (“the tailed one”), from *puḱ- (“tail”). Cognate with English fox, Sanskrit पुच्छ (púccha).


commodore

→ Italian: commodoro

→ Portuguese: comodoro

→ Spanish: comodoro

Borrowed from Dutch kommandeur, from Middle French commandeur. See command, compare commend (a doublet), and mandate.

(entomology) Any of various nymphalid butterflies of the Asian genus Parasarpa.


mittari

mittari (nominative singular)
mittarit (nominative plural)
mittari (accusative nominative singular)
mittarit (accusative nominative plural)
mittarin (accusative genitive singular)
mittarit (accusative genitive plural)
mittarin (genitive singular)
mittarien (genitive plural)
mittareiden (genitive plural)
mittareitten (genitive plural)
mittaria (partitive singular)
mittareita (partitive plural)
mittareja (partitive plural)
mittarissa (inessive singular)
mittareissa (inessive plural)
mittarista (elative singular)
mittareista (elative plural)
mittariin (illative singular)
mittareihin (illative plural)
mittarilla (adessive singular)
mittareilla (adessive plural)
mittarilta (ablative singular)
mittareilta (ablative plural)
mittarille (allative singular)
mittareille (allative plural)
mittarina (essive singular)
mittareina (essive plural)
mittariksi (singular translative)
mittareiksi (plural translative)
mittaritta (abessive singular)
mittareitta (abessive plural)
mittarein (instructive plural)
See the possessive forms below. (comitative)
mittarini (nominative singular)
mittarini (nominative plural)
mittarini (accusative nominative singular)
mittarini (accusative nominative plural)
mittarini (accusative genitive singular)
mittarini (accusative genitive plural)
mittarini (genitive singular)
mittarieni (genitive plural)
mittareideni (genitive plural)
mittareitteni (genitive plural)
mittariani (partitive singular)
mittareitani (partitive plural)
mittarejani (partitive plural)
mittarissani (inessive singular)
mittareissani (inessive plural)
mittaristani (elative singular)
mittareistani (elative plural)
mittariini (illative singular)
mittareihini (illative plural)
mittarillani (adessive singular)
mittareillani (adessive plural)
mittariltani (ablative singular)
mittareiltani (ablative plural)
mittarilleni (allative singular)
mittareilleni (allative plural)
mittarinani (essive singular)
mittareinani (essive plural)
mittarikseni (singular translative)
mittareikseni (plural translative)
mittarittani (abessive singular)
mittareittani (abessive plural)
mittareineni (comitative plural)
mittarisi (nominative singular)
mittarisi (nominative plural)
mittarisi (accusative nominative singular)
mittarisi (accusative nominative plural)
mittarisi (accusative genitive singular)
mittarisi (accusative genitive plural)
mittarisi (genitive singular)
mittariesi (genitive plural)
mittareidesi (genitive plural)
mittareittesi (genitive plural)
mittariasi (partitive singular)
mittareitasi (partitive plural)
mittarejasi (partitive plural)
mittarissasi (inessive singular)
mittareissasi (inessive plural)
mittaristasi (elative singular)
mittareistasi (elative plural)
mittariisi (illative singular)
mittareihisi (illative plural)
mittarillasi (adessive singular)
mittareillasi (adessive plural)
mittariltasi (ablative singular)
mittareiltasi (ablative plural)
mittarillesi (allative singular)
mittareillesi (allative plural)
mittarinasi (essive singular)
mittareinasi (essive plural)
mittariksesi (singular translative)
mittareiksesi (plural translative)
mittarittasi (abessive singular)
mittareittasi (abessive plural)
mittareinesi (comitative plural)
mittarimme (nominative singular)
mittarimme (nominative plural)
mittarimme (accusative nominative singular)
mittarimme (accusative nominative plural)
mittarimme (accusative genitive singular)
mittarimme (accusative genitive plural)
mittarimme (genitive singular)
mittariemme (genitive plural)
mittareidemme (genitive plural)
mittareittemme (genitive plural)
mittariamme (partitive singular)
mittareitamme (partitive plural)
mittarejamme (partitive plural)
mittarissamme (inessive singular)
mittareissamme (inessive plural)
mittaristamme (elative singular)
mittareistamme (elative plural)
mittariimme (illative singular)
mittareihimme (illative plural)
mittarillamme (adessive singular)
mittareillamme (adessive plural)
mittariltamme (ablative singular)
mittareiltamme (ablative plural)
mittarillemme (allative singular)
mittareillemme (allative plural)
mittarinamme (essive singular)
mittareinamme (essive plural)
mittariksemme (singular translative)
mittareiksemme (plural translative)
mittarittamme (abessive singular)
mittareittamme (abessive plural)
mittareinemme (comitative plural)
mittarinne (nominative singular)
mittarinne (nominative plural)
mittarinne (accusative nominative singular)
mittarinne (accusative nominative plural)
mittarinne (accusative genitive singular)
mittarinne (accusative genitive plural)
mittarinne (genitive singular)
mittarienne (genitive plural)
mittareidenne (genitive plural)
mittareittenne (genitive plural)
mittarianne (partitive singular)
mittareitanne (partitive plural)
mittarejanne (partitive plural)
mittarissanne (inessive singular)
mittareissanne (inessive plural)
mittaristanne (elative singular)
mittareistanne (elative plural)
mittariinne (illative singular)
mittareihinne (illative plural)
mittarillanne (adessive singular)
mittareillanne (adessive plural)
mittariltanne (ablative singular)
mittareiltanne (ablative plural)
mittarillenne (allative singular)
mittareillenne (allative plural)
mittarinanne (essive singular)
mittareinanne (essive plural)
mittariksenne (singular translative)
mittareiksenne (plural translative)
mittarittanne (abessive singular)
mittareittanne (abessive plural)
mittareinenne (comitative plural)
mittarinsa (nominative singular)
mittarinsa (nominative plural)
mittarinsa (accusative nominative singular)
mittarinsa (accusative nominative plural)
mittarinsa (accusative genitive singular)
mittarinsa (accusative genitive plural)
mittarinsa (genitive singular)
mittariensa (genitive plural)
mittareidensa (genitive plural)
mittareittensa (genitive plural)
mittariaan (partitive singular)
mittariansa (partitive singular)
mittareitaan (partitive plural)
mittarejaan (partitive plural)
mittareitansa (partitive plural)
mittarejansa (partitive plural)
mittarissaan (inessive singular)
mittarissansa (inessive singular)
mittareissaan (inessive plural)
mittareissansa (inessive plural)
mittaristaan (elative singular)
mittaristansa (elative singular)
mittareistaan (elative plural)
mittareistansa (elative plural)
mittariinsa (illative singular)
mittareihinsa (illative plural)
mittarillaan (adessive singular)
mittarillansa (adessive singular)
mittareillaan (adessive plural)
mittareillansa (adessive plural)
mittariltaan (ablative singular)
mittariltansa (ablative singular)
mittareiltaan (ablative plural)
mittareiltansa (ablative plural)
mittarilleen (allative singular)
mittarillensa (allative singular)
mittareilleen (allative plural)
mittareillensa (allative plural)
mittarinaan (essive singular)
mittarinansa (essive singular)
mittareinaan (essive plural)
mittareinansa (essive plural)
mittarikseen (singular translative)
mittariksensa (singular translative)
mittareikseen (plural translative)
mittareiksensa (plural translative)
mittarittaan (abessive singular)
mittarittansa (abessive singular)
mittareittaan (abessive plural)
mittareittansa (abessive plural)
mittareineen (comitative plural)
mittareinensa (comitative plural)


glider

From Middle English glider, glydare, equivalent to glide + -er.

(entomology) Any of various species of dragonfly that glide on out-held wings while flying, such as the common glider, Tramea loewii, of Australia, New Guinea, Indonesia, and the Pacific.


media

Learned borrowing from Latin media, the feminine nominative of medius (“middle”, adjective), from Proto-Italic *meðjos, from Proto-Indo-European *médʰyos (“between”). In the sense of a unit of dry measure, via Spanish media. Doublet of medium, medio, and mediate.

(entomology) One of the major veins of the insect wing, between the radius and the cubitus.


גולם

he-noun

גולם / גֹּלֶם • (gólem) m (plural indefinite גְּלָמִים, plural construct גׇּלְמֵי־) [pattern: קֹטֶל]

גֹּלֶם (canonical)
gólem (romanization)
גְּלָמִים (indefinite plural)
גׇּלְמֵי־ (construct plural)

→ English: golem

→ Czech: golem

→ German: Golem

→ Spanish: gólem

→ Hungarian: gólem

→ Dutch: golem

→ Polish: golem

→ Russian: голем (golem)

→ Yiddish: גולם (goylem)


obliterate

en-adj

obliterate (comparative more obliterate, superlative most obliterate)

more obliterate (comparative)
most obliterate (superlative)

Learned borrowing from Latin obliterātus (see more at Etymology 1 and -ate (adjective-forming suffix, of participial origin)).

lbor

/əˈblɪtəɹət/

/əˈblɪtəɹət/

(entomology, rare) Of markings on an insect: difficult to distinguish from the background; faint, indistinct.


sheath

From Middle English sheth, shethe (“holder for a sword, knife, etc., scabbard, sheath”) [and other forms], from Old English sċēaþ (“sheath”), from Proto-West Germanic *skaiþiju, from Proto-Germanic *skaiþiz (“sheath; covering”), from Proto-Indo-European *skey- (“to dissect, split”) (possibly from the notion of a split stick with a sword inserted).
The English word is cognate with Danish skede, Dutch schede, Icelandic skeið, German Scheide, Low German scheed, Norwegian skjede.

nb...

chethe, scǽð, scaþ, schede, schete, scheth, schethe, seaþ, seeth, seth, sethe, shæþ, shede, sheethe, sheith, (Southwest) ssethe, sseþe, (early forms) scæðe, scaþe, seaþe

der

(entomology) One of the elytra of an insect.


aculeate

en-adj

aculeate (comparative more aculeate, superlative most aculeate)

more aculeate (comparative)
most aculeate (superlative)

(entomology) Having a stinger; stinging.


axilla

Borrowed from Latin axilla (“side, armpit”). Doublet of axil.

(entomology) The area that is located posterior to the transscutal articulation and anterior to the scutoscutellar suture.


awl

LL-Q1860 (eng)-Naomi Persephone Amethyst (NaomiAmethyst)-awl.wav

From Middle English aul, alle, al, from Old English æl, from Proto-West Germanic *al, from Proto-Germanic *alaz, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁ólos. Cognate with Saterland Frisian Äil (“awl”), Dutch aal (“awl”), German Low German Ahl (“awl”), German Ahle (“awl”), Icelandic alur (“awl”). Spelling was influenced by the Old English synonym awel, awul (“awl”), from Proto-West Germanic *ahwal, from Proto-Germanic *ahwalaz (“fork, hook”), of unknown origin. Doublet of elsen.

(entomology) Any of various hesperiid butterflies.


palate

From Middle English palate, from Latin palātum (“roof of the mouth, palate”), perhaps of Etruscan origin.

bor

(anatomy) The roof of the mouth, separating the cavities of the mouth and nose in vertebrates.

(entomology, rare) The hypopharynx of an insect.


specter

specters (plural)
spectre (alternative Commonwealth English)

From Middle French spectre, from Latin spectrum (“appearance, apparition”). Doublet of spectrum.

der

(entomology) Any of certain species of dragonfly of the genus Boyeria, family Aeshnidae. [from 20th c.]


forget-me-not

Calque of Middle French ne m'oubliez mie or German Vergissmeinnicht.

calque

(entomology) Any of various light-blue coloured lycaenid butterflies of the Asian and Australasian genus Catochrysops, especially Catochrysops strabo native to India and Southeast Asia.


beak

en-noun

beak (countable and uncountable, plural beaks)

beaks (plural)
beck (alternative obsolete)

From Middle English bec, borrowed from Anglo-Norman bec, Old French bec, from Latin beccus, from Gaulish *bekkos, from Proto-Celtic *bekkos (“beak, snout”), possibly from Proto-Indo-European *bak-, *baḱ- (“pointed stick, peg”). Cognate with Breton beg (“beak”). Compare Saterland Frisian Bäk (“mouth; muzzle; beak”); Dutch bek (“beak; bill; neb”).

cog

(entomology) Any of various nymphalid butterflies of the genus Libythea, notable for the beak-like elongation on their heads.


clava

(entomology) The fused distal segments of the antenna of a chalcid wasp.


costa

Unadapted borrowing from Latin costa (“a rib”). Doublet of coast.

ubor

(botany, zootomy) A riblike part of a plant or animal, such as a midrib of a leaf or a thickened vein or the margin of an insect wing.

(entomology) The vein forming the leading edge of most insect wings.


virgin

From Middle English virgine, from Old French virgine, from Latin virginem, accusative of virgō. Doublet of Virgo. Displaced native Old English fǣmne.

(entomology) A female insect producing eggs from which young are hatched, though there has been no fecundation by a male; a parthenogenetic insect.


porter

From Middle English porter, portere, portier, borrowed from Anglo-Norman portour and Old French porteor, from Late Latin portātor, from past participle of Latin portāre (“to carry”). By surface analysis, port (“to carry”) + -er.

surf

non-rhotic, without the horse–hoarse merger

(entomology) An ant having the specialized role of carrying.


style

en-noun

style (countable and uncountable, plural styles)

styles (plural)
stile (alternative)
stylee (alternative)
stile (alternative obsolete)

→ Finnish: staili

→ Scottish Gaelic: stoidhle

→ Iban: stail

→ Japanese: スタイル (sutairu)

→ Korean: 스타일 (seutail)

→ Malay: stail

→ Portuguese: style

→ Swahili: staili

The noun is derived from Middle English stile, stel, stele, stiel, stiele, stil, still, stille, styele, style, styill, styll, styyl (“writing tool, stylus; piece of written work; characteristic mode of expression, particularly one regarded as high quality; demeanour, manner, way of life; person's designation or title; stem of a plant; period of time”), from Old French style, estile, stil, stile (modern French style), or from Medieval Latin stylus, both from Latin stilus (“pointed instrument, pale, spike, stake; writing tool, stylus; act of setting down in writing, composition; characteristic mode of expression, style; stem of a plant”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)teyg- (“to be sharp; to pierce, prick, puncture, stab; to goad”). Doublet of stylus.
The English word is cognate with Catalan estil (“engraving tool, stylus; gnomon; manner of doing something, style; fashionable skill, grace”), German Stiel (“handle; stalk”), Italian stilo (“needle, stylus; fountain pen; beam; gnomon; part of pistil, style”), Occitan estil, Portuguese estilo (“writing tool, stylus; manner of doing something, style”), Spanish estilo (“writing tool, stylus; manner of doing something, style; fashionable skill, grace; part of pistil, style”).
The verb is derived from the noun.

styl

manner of expression in writing or speech

styl

manner of creating, doing, or presenting something, especially a work of architecture or art

the anal styles of insects

Senses relating to a thin, pointed object.

(zoology) A small, thin, pointed body part.

(entomology) A long, slender, bristle-like process near the anal region.


arbetare

arbetare (indefinite nominative singular)
arbetares (genitive indefinite singular)
arbetaren (definite nominative singular)
arbetarens (definite genitive singular)
arbetare (indefinite nominative plural)
arbetares (genitive indefinite plural)
arbetarna (definite nominative plural)
arbetarnas (definite genitive plural)

Suffix of arbeta (“work”) + -are (“-er”), inherited from Old Swedish arbeidare. First attested in the 15th century.
Cognate with Danish arbejder, Dutch arbeider and German Arbeiter.
Insect sense; attested since 1860.


swift

Swift (disambiguation)
swift (bird)
swift (textiles)

From Middle English swift, from Old English swift (“swift; quick”), from Proto-Germanic *swiftaz (“swift; quick”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)weyp- (“to twist; wind around”). Cognate with Icelandic svipta (“to pull quickly”), Old English swīfan (“to revolve, sweep, wend, intervene”). More at swivel.

cog

Earless ghost swift moths become “invisible” to echolocating bats by forming mating clusters close (less than half a meter) above vegetation and effectively blending into the clutter of echoes that the bat receives from the leaves and stems around them.

2013 May-June, William E. Conner, “An Acoustic Arms Race”, in American Scientist, volume 101, number 3, pages 206–7:

(entomology) A moth of the family Hepialidae, swift moth, ghost moth.

(entomology) Any of various fast-flying hesperiid butterflies.


trachea

en-noun

trachea (plural tracheae or (obsolete) tracheæ or tracheas)

tracheae (plural)
tracheæ (obsolete plural)
tracheas (plural)

From late Middle English, from Medieval Latin trāchēa (“the windpipe”) (also borrowed as Late Latin trāchīa), from Ancient Greek τρᾱχεῖᾰ ᾰ̓ρτηρῐ́ᾱ (trākheîă ărtērĭ́ā, “windpipe, trachea”).

der

τρᾱχεῖᾰ ᾰ̓ρτηρῐ́ᾱ

(entomology) One of the cuticle-lined primary tubes in the respiratory system of an insect, which extend throughout its body.


medial

en-adj

medial (comparative more medial, superlative most medial)

more medial (comparative)
most medial (superlative)

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Borrowed from Latin mediālis (“middle”), from medius (“that is in the middle or midst”) + -ālis (“-al”, adjectival suffix).

среден

Situated in or near the middle; not at either end.

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


meson

From Ancient Greek μέσον (méson, “middle”). Doublet of medium.

(rare outside entomology) The mesial plane dividing the body into similar right and left halves.


puffin

From Middle English poffin, poffoun, puffon, equivalent to puff + -ing, or perhaps ultimately from Middle Cornish (compare Breton poc'han (“puffin”)).

(entomology) Any of various African and Asian pierid butterflies of the genus Appias. Some species of this genus are also known as albatrosses.


tibia

Borrowed from Latin tībia (“shin bone, leg”).

bor+

(entomology) The second segment from the end of an insect's leg, between the femur and tarsus.


hive

en-verb

hive (third-person singular simple present hives, present participle hiving, simple past and past participle hived)

hives (present singular third-person)
hiving (participle present)
hived (participle past)
hived (past)

From Middle English hyve, from Old English hȳf, from Proto-West Germanic *hūfi, from Proto-Indo-European *kuHp- (“water vessel”), from *kew- (“to bend, curve”).
See also Dutch huif (“beehive”), Danish dialect huv (“ship’s hull”); also Latin cūpa (“tub, vat”), Ancient Greek κύπη (kúpē, “gap, hole”), κύπελλον (kúpellon, “beaker”), Sanskrit कूप (kū́pa, “cave”). Doublet of coupe, cup, and keeve. The computing term was chosen as an in-joke relating to bees; see https://web.archive.org/web/20150715222122/http://blogs.msdn.com/b/oldnewthing/archive/2003/08/08/54618.aspx.

der

(entomology) Of insects: to enter or possess a hive.


saturate

en-adj

saturate (comparative more saturate, superlative most saturate)

more saturate (comparative)
most saturate (superlative)

The adjective is first attested in the second part of the 15ᵗʰ century, in Middle English, the verb in 1538, the noun in 1921; inherited from Middle English saturat(e) (“satiated, satisfied”), borrowed from Latin saturātus, perfect passive participle of saturō (“to fill, satisfy, quench”) (see -ate (etymology 1, 2 and 3)), from satur (“full”) + -ō (verb-forming suffix).

inh+

saturate green


shell

From Middle English schelle, from Old English sċiell, from Proto-West Germanic *skallju, from Proto-Germanic *skaljō, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kelH- (“to split, cleave”).
Compare West Frisian skyl (“peel, rind”), Dutch schil (“peel, skin, rink”), Low German Schell (“shell, scale”), Irish scelec (“pebble”), Old Church Slavonic сколика (skolika, “shell”). More at shale.
Doublet of sheal.
* (computing): From being viewed as an outer layer of interface between the user and the operating-system internals.

cog

(entomology) The exoskeleton or wing covers of certain insects.

па́нцыр

entomology: exoskeleton of certain insects


sprite

sprites (plural)
spright (alternative obsolete)

→ Japanese: スプライト (supuraito)

→ Russian: спрайт (sprajt)

From Middle English sprite, spryt, spreyte, from Old French esprit (“spirit”), from Latin spiritus. Doublet of spirit, spiritus, spirytus, spright, and esprit.
(computer graphics): First used by Danny Hillis at Texas Instruments in the late 1970s.
(meteorology): An acronym for Stratospheric Perturbations Resulting from Intense Thunderstorm Electrification.

doublet

(entomology) Any of various African damselflies of the genus Pseudagrion (of which, Australian species are named riverdamsels).


recondite

en-adj

recondite (comparative more recondite, superlative most recondite)

more recondite (comparative)
most recondite (superlative)

Recondite, (aculeus) concealed within the abdomen, seldom exposed to view.

1825, Thomas Say, Say's Entomol., Glossary, 28:

(somewhat archaic) Hidden or removed from view.

(botany, entomology, obsolete, rare, of a structure) Difficult to see, especially because it is hidden by another structure.


A simple caduceus (☤) of the Greek god Hermes (and his Roman equivalent Mercury), as seen with a much longer staff in stylized representations of that god e.g. on pottery. The cross was added in the 16th century to Christianize the symbol of a pagan god.

Ants like the honey-bees and one section of the wasps, are social insects with, in any well-established nest or community, three distinct forms—the perfect and fertile female (♀) the male (♂), and the so-called neuter or worker (☿), which is merely an undeveloped female.

1903, C. T. Bingham, Hymenoptera.—Vol. II. Ants and Cuckoo-wasps (The Fauna of British India, Including Ceylon and Burma) (in English), London: Taylor and Francis, page v:


mentum

Learned borrowing from Latin mentum (“the chin”). Doublet of menton.

lbor

(entomology) The central part of the labium in insects.


immaculate

en-adj

immaculate (comparative more immaculate, superlative most immaculate)

more immaculate (comparative)
most immaculate (superlative)

Giovanni Battista Tiepolo
Museo del Prado

From Late Middle English immaculat, immaculate (“blameless; flawless, spotless; specifically of the Virgin Mary: pure, undefiled”), borrowed from Latin immaculātus (“unstained”), from im- (negative prefix) + maculātus (“stained, spotted; defiled, polluted; (figurative) dishonoured”), the perfect passive participle of maculō (“to spot, stain; to defile, pollute; (figurative) to dishonour”), from macula (“a blemish, spot, stain; (figurative) blot on one’s character, fault”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *smh₂-tló-m (“wiping (?)”), from *smeh₁- (“to rub; to smear”). The word displaced Middle English unwemmed (“pure, untainted”). See also -ate (adjective-forming suffix).
Cognates
* Catalan immaculat
* Italian immacolato, immaculato (obsolete)
* Middle French immaculé (modern French immaculé)
* Portuguese imaculado
* Spanish inmaculado

ref

From the collection of the Museo del Prado in Madrid, Spain.

perfek

containing no mistakes — see also flawless

(botany, zoology, especially entomology) Lacking blotches, spots, or other markings.

täplätön

lacking blotches, spots, or other markings — see also unspotted


policeman

→ French: policeman

→ Maori: pirihimana

→ Welsh: plismon

(entomology) Any skipper of the genus Coeliades.


promotion

en-noun

promotion (countable and uncountable, plural promotions)

/pɹəˈmoʊʃən/

/pɹəˈməʊʃən/

Late Middle English, from Old French promocion, from Late Latin promotio, from Latin promoveo (“I move forward”).

By simple promotion and remotion, assisted by some flexure and extension, the distal spines of each would reach and scratch the substratum and, on remotion, sweep coarse particles posteriorly and dorsally.

1995, Cladocera as Model Organisms in Biology, →ISBN, page 63:

In other arthropods, promotion-remotion of the leg is accomplished at other joints. For example, in spiders promotion-remotion occurs at the coxa-trochanter joint, insects utilize the body-coxa joint, and […]

2008, John L. Capinera, Encyclopedia of Entomology, volume 4, →ISBN, page 3326:

(zoology, chiefly entomology) Forward motion. (Contrast remotion.)


spatula

spatula (plural spatulas or spatulae or spatulæ)

spatulas (plural)
spatulae (plural)
spatulæ (plural)

/ˈspæt͡ʃʊlə/

/ˈspæt͡ʃələ/

Borrowed from Latin spatula (“a flat piece”), the diminutive form of spatha (“broad or flat tool”), from Ancient Greek σπάθη (spáthē, “a broad wood or metal blade”). Doublet of spauld; compare spatha and spathe.

der

The third instars are similar to other members of the genus except for a three-pronged spatula (typically two-pronged) and five lateral papillae (typically four) and with a nonbristled first instar.

2015 November 2, Donald B. Thomas, John A. Goolsby, “Morphology of the Preimaginal Stages of Lasioptera donacis Coutin (Diptera: Cecidomyiidae), a Candidate Biocontrol Agent for Giant Arundo Cane”, in Psyche, →DOI:

(entomology) A sclerotized, T-shaped plate in the prothorax of larvae of flies belonging to family Cecidomyiidae, the gall midges.


gallery

From Middle English galery, gallerye, from Middle French galerie, gallerie, from Old French galerie, gallerie (“a long portico, a gallery”), from Medieval Latin galeria (“gallery”), of unknown origin. Perhaps an alteration of Latin galilea (“church porch”), probably from Latin Galilaea, Galilee, region of Israel. More at Galilee.

unk

unknown origin

beetle gallery

en:boring trails produced by an insect in wood

(entomology) The boring trails produced by an insect in wood.


herald

From Latin heraldus, from Middle English herald, herauld, heraud, from Anglo-Norman heraud, from Old French heraut, hiraut (modern French héraut), from Frankish *heriwald, from Proto-Germanic *harjawaldaz, a compound consisting of Proto-Indo-European *ker- (“army”) + *h₂welh₁- (“to be strong”). Doublet of Harold and Harald; compare Walter, which has these elements reversed.

(entomology) A moth of the species Scoliopteryx libatrix.


obelisk

en-verb

obelisk (third-person singular simple present obelisks, present participle obelisking, simple past and past participle obelisked)

obelisks (present singular third-person)
obelisking (participle present)
obelisked (participle past)
obelisked (past)

Hippodrome of Constantinople
Obelisk of Theodosius
Theodosius I
Thutmose III

From Middle French obelisque, from Latin obeliscus (“obelisk”), from Ancient Greek ὀβελίσκος (obelískos), diminutive of ὀβελός (obelós, “needle”). Compare obelus.

Dragonflies that spend the day in full sun may obelisk to minimize the sunlight striking the body. An obelisking dragonfly looks like it's doing a headstand[…]

(entomology, of a dragonfly) To adopt the obelisk posture; to point the tip of the abdomen towards the sun.


quiescence

en-noun

quiescence (countable and uncountable, plural quiescences)

From quiescent + -ence, or borrowed from Latin quiescentia, from quiescens, present participle of quiesco, from quies.

(entomology) In insects, a temporary slowing down of metabolism and development in response to adverse environmental conditions, which, unlike diapause, does not involve physiological changes.


cerebro

Probably an early borrowing from Latin cerebrum (“brain, skull”), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱerh₂s- (“head”). Cf. the related cervello, which was inherited from a diminutive of the Latin word.


cafard

fr-noun

cafard m (plural cafards, feminine cafarde)

Francized form of Arabic كَافِر (kāfir, “unbeliever”).


cruiser

(entomology) Any of various nymphalid butterflies of the genus Vindula.

(entomology) Any dragonfly of the family Macromiidae; a macromiid.


rugose

en-adj

rugose (comparative more rugose, superlative most rugose)

more rugose (comparative)
most rugose (superlative)

(entomology) Used when combined with another adjective, for example, rugose-reticulate or rugose-punctate.


viscount

viscounts (plural)
V (alternative symbol)
Vis. (alternative abbreviation)
Visc. (alternative abbreviation)
Visct (alternative contraction)
Vte (alternative contraction)

LL-Q1860 (eng)-Naomi Persephone Amethyst (NaomiAmethyst)-viscount.wav

From Anglo-Norman viscounte, from Medieval Latin vicecomes, from Latin vice + comes. Equivalent to vice- + count. Doublet of vicecomes and vicomte.

(entomology) Any of various nymphalid butterflies of the genus Tanaecia. Other butterflies in this genus are called earls and counts.


zapatero

es-noun

zapatero m (plural zapateros, feminine zapatera, feminine plural zapateras)

zapateros (plural)
zapatera (feminine)
zapateras (feminine plural)

Tagalog: sapatero


thorax

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

der

Holonym: body

Meronyms: prothorax, mesothorax, metathorax

(entomology and arachnology) The middle of three distinct divisions in an insect, crustacean or arachnid body to which the legs are attached.


furcula

In essence, a furcula is a long, rigid stick, held underneath the body at high tension. When the springtail releases that pressure, the stick pushes down into the ground, or even the water's surface, like an upside-down medieval catapult, firing the springtail into the air in a semi-controlled manner.

2022, Thomas Halliday, Otherlands, Penguin, published 2023, page 215:

(entomology) The (two-pronged) forked, somewhat tail-like organ held bent forward and secured by a catch beneath most species of Collembola (springtails), with which they jump by releasing the catch abruptly when alarmed.


cerco

Borrowed from New Latin cercus, from Ancient Greek κέρκος (kérkos).


frass

en-noun

frass (countable and uncountable, plural frasses)

(entomology) The droppings or excrement of insect larvae.


lancer

(entomology) Any of various Asian hesperiid butterflies of the genus Plastingia.


duffer

Cognate with duff, which see (origin is uncertain).

(entomology) Any of various nymphalid butterflies of the genus Discophora.


cercus

From New Latin cercus, from Ancient Greek κέρκος (kérkos, “tail”).

(entomology) A structure on the end of the abdomen of most insects, sometimes long, hairlike sensory organs and sometimes smaller and rigid.


rustic

rustics (plural)
rustick (alternative)
rusticke (alternative)
rustique (alternative)

From Latin rūsticus. Doublet of roister.

(entomology) Any of various nymphalid butterflies having brown and orange wings, especially Cupha erymanthis.


faun

fauns (plural)
faune (alternative archaic rare)
faunus (alternative dated)
fawn (alternative)

From Middle English fawn, from Latin faunus.

(entomology) Any of various nymphalid butterflies of the genus Faunis.


cimo

eo-head

cimo (accusative singular cimon, plural cimoj, accusative plural cimojn)

cimon (accusative singular)
cimoj (plural)
cimojn (accusative plural)


Falter

de-noun

Falter m (strong, genitive Falters, plural Falter)

Falters (genitive)
Falter (plural)
Falter (nominative singular)
Falter (definite nominative plural)
Falters (genitive singular)
Falter (definite genitive plural)
Falter (dative singular)
Faltern (dative definite plural)
Falter (accusative singular)
Falter (accusative definite plural)

Haplology of dialectal German Feifalter, from Middle High German vīvalter, from Old High German fīfaltra, from Proto-Germanic *fifaldǭ, *fīfildǭ (“butterfly”), from Proto-Indo-European *peypel-. Cognate with Dutch vijfwouter, Icelandic fiðrildi, and outside Germanic Latin papilio. Folk-etymologically re-interpreted as Zweifalter, Pfeiffalter, etc., by association with unrelated falten (“to fold”).

(entomology) imago of an insect of the order Lepidoptera


M

en-noun

M (countable and uncountable, plural Ms)


rb

(entomology, dated) Abbreviation of orbicula.


proboscis

proboscis (plural proboscises or proboscides or probosces)

proboscises (plural)
proboscides (plural)
probosces (plural)

From Latin proboscis, from Ancient Greek προβοσκίς (proboskís, “elephant's trunk”) literally "means for taking food," from προ- (pro-, “before”) + βόσκω (bóskō, “to nourish, feed”), from the Proto-Indo-European root *gʷeh₃- from which also comes βοτάνη (botánē, “grass, fodder”).

affix

Unlike the proboscides of Lower brachyceran lineages, which are continuous with the head capsule and tend to dangle (Matsuda 1965), the proboscides of most cyclorrhaphan species are suspended by a membranous region and divided into three functional parts: the basiproboscis (rostrum), medioproboscis (haustellum), and distiproboscis (labellum), each of which is defined by internal muscles but also shares muscles with the other regions (Graham-Smith 1930; Lall and Davies 1971).

2012, Brian Wiegmann, The Evolutionary Biology of Flies, page 225:

(anatomy) An elongated tube from the head or connected to the mouth, of an animal.

(entomology, malacology) The tubular feeding and sucking organ of certain invertebrates like insects, worms and molluscs.


petiole

Borrowed from French pétiole, and its source, Late Latin petiolus (“little foot”), diminutive form of Latin pēs (“foot”).

(entomology, insect anatomy) A narrow or constricted segment of the body of an insect; especially, the metasomal segment of certain Hymenoptera, such as wasps.

(entomology) The stalk at the base of the nest of the paper wasp.


chorion

From Late Latin chorion, from Ancient Greek χόριον (khórion, “membrane surrounding the fetus, afterbirth”).

der

The chorion has a predominantly lamellar structure, the lamellae being two-dimensional networks of protein fibrils.

1994, Klaus Urich, Comparative Animal Biochemistry, page 392:

Even closely related species may have chorions differing in thickness. In the silkmoths, for example, the chorion of Bombyx is about 25 μm thick while that of Hyalophora is 55 μm thick.

1998, R. F. Chapman, The Insects: Structure and Function, page 326:

2008, John L. Capinera, Eggs of Insects, entry in John L. Capinera (editor), Encyclopedia of Entomology, page 1290,
In addition to facilitating gas exchange and water conservation, the chorion must, in some cases, allow uptake of water or liquid nutrients from the environment.

(biology, entomology) The outer case of an insect egg.


alveolus

Borrowed from Latin alveolus (“a small hollow or cavity”), diminutive of alveus (“a hollow, cavity”).

bor

(entomology) The socket of a macrotrichium (seta).

A small cavity or pit.
The socket of a macrotrichium (seta).


arcus

Borrowed from Latin arcus. Doublet of arc and arco. Distantly related to arrow.

(entomology) An elastic band around the base of the arolium, a pad at the end of the leg of certain insects


courtier

From Middle English courteour, from Anglo-Norman corteour, Old French cortoiier, from cort (“court”).

(entomology) Any of various nymphalid butterflies of the Asian genus Sephisa.


koi

koi (genitive)
koid (partitive)
koi (nominative singular)
koid (nominative plural)
koi (accusative nominative singular)
koid (accusative nominative plural)
koi (accusative genitive singular)
koid (accusative genitive plural)
koi (genitive singular)
koide (genitive plural)
koid (partitive singular)
koisid (partitive plural)
koisse (illative singular)
koidesse (illative plural)
kois (inessive singular)
koides (inessive plural)
koist (elative singular)
koidest (elative plural)
koile (allative singular)
koidele (allative plural)
koil (adessive singular)
koidel (adessive plural)
koilt (ablative singular)
koidelt (ablative plural)
koiks (singular translative)
koideks (plural translative)
koini (singular terminative)
koideni (plural terminative)
koina (essive singular)
koidena (essive plural)
koita (abessive singular)
koideta (abessive plural)
koiga (comitative singular)
koidega (comitative plural)

From Proto-Finnic *koi, from Proto-Uralic *käjä. Cognate with Finnish koi.


koi

koi (nominative singular)
koit (nominative plural)
koi (accusative nominative singular)
koit (accusative nominative plural)
koin (accusative genitive singular)
koit (accusative genitive plural)
koin (genitive singular)
koiden (genitive plural)
koitten (genitive plural)
koita (partitive singular)
koita (partitive plural)
koissa (inessive singular)
koissa (inessive plural)
koista (elative singular)
koista (elative plural)
koihin (illative singular)
koihin (illative plural)
koilla (adessive singular)
koilla (adessive plural)
koilta (ablative singular)
koilta (ablative plural)
koille (allative singular)
koille (allative plural)
koina (essive singular)
koina (essive plural)
koiksi (singular translative)
koiksi (plural translative)
koitta (abessive singular)
koitta (abessive plural)
koin (instructive plural)
See the possessive forms below. (comitative)
koini (nominative singular)
koini (nominative plural)
koini (accusative nominative singular)
koini (accusative nominative plural)
koini (accusative genitive singular)
koini (accusative genitive plural)
koini (genitive singular)
koideni (genitive plural)
koitteni (genitive plural)
koitani (partitive singular)
koitani (partitive plural)
koissani (inessive singular)
koissani (inessive plural)
koistani (elative singular)
koistani (elative plural)
koihini (illative singular)
koihini (illative plural)
koillani (adessive singular)
koillani (adessive plural)
koiltani (ablative singular)
koiltani (ablative plural)
koilleni (allative singular)
koilleni (allative plural)
koinani (essive singular)
koinani (essive plural)
koikseni (singular translative)
koikseni (plural translative)
koittani (abessive singular)
koittani (abessive plural)
koineni (comitative plural)
koisi (nominative singular)
koisi (nominative plural)
koisi (accusative nominative singular)
koisi (accusative nominative plural)
koisi (accusative genitive singular)
koisi (accusative genitive plural)
koisi (genitive singular)
koidesi (genitive plural)
koittesi (genitive plural)
koitasi (partitive singular)
koitasi (partitive plural)
koissasi (inessive singular)
koissasi (inessive plural)
koistasi (elative singular)
koistasi (elative plural)
koihisi (illative singular)
koihisi (illative plural)
koillasi (adessive singular)
koillasi (adessive plural)
koiltasi (ablative singular)
koiltasi (ablative plural)
koillesi (allative singular)
koillesi (allative plural)
koinasi (essive singular)
koinasi (essive plural)
koiksesi (singular translative)
koiksesi (plural translative)
koittasi (abessive singular)
koittasi (abessive plural)
koinesi (comitative plural)
koimme (nominative singular)
koimme (nominative plural)
koimme (accusative nominative singular)
koimme (accusative nominative plural)
koimme (accusative genitive singular)
koimme (accusative genitive plural)
koimme (genitive singular)
koidemme (genitive plural)
koittemme (genitive plural)
koitamme (partitive singular)
koitamme (partitive plural)
koissamme (inessive singular)
koissamme (inessive plural)
koistamme (elative singular)
koistamme (elative plural)
koihimme (illative singular)
koihimme (illative plural)
koillamme (adessive singular)
koillamme (adessive plural)
koiltamme (ablative singular)
koiltamme (ablative plural)
koillemme (allative singular)
koillemme (allative plural)
koinamme (essive singular)
koinamme (essive plural)
koiksemme (singular translative)
koiksemme (plural translative)
koittamme (abessive singular)
koittamme (abessive plural)
koinemme (comitative plural)
koinne (nominative singular)
koinne (nominative plural)
koinne (accusative nominative singular)
koinne (accusative nominative plural)
koinne (accusative genitive singular)
koinne (accusative genitive plural)
koinne (genitive singular)
koidenne (genitive plural)
koittenne (genitive plural)
koitanne (partitive singular)
koitanne (partitive plural)
koissanne (inessive singular)
koissanne (inessive plural)
koistanne (elative singular)
koistanne (elative plural)
koihinne (illative singular)
koihinne (illative plural)
koillanne (adessive singular)
koillanne (adessive plural)
koiltanne (ablative singular)
koiltanne (ablative plural)
koillenne (allative singular)
koillenne (allative plural)
koinanne (essive singular)
koinanne (essive plural)
koiksenne (singular translative)
koiksenne (plural translative)
koittanne (abessive singular)
koittanne (abessive plural)
koinenne (comitative plural)
koinsa (nominative singular)
koinsa (nominative plural)
koinsa (accusative nominative singular)
koinsa (accusative nominative plural)
koinsa (accusative genitive singular)
koinsa (accusative genitive plural)
koinsa (genitive singular)
koidensa (genitive plural)
koittensa (genitive plural)
koitaan (partitive singular)
koitansa (partitive singular)
koitaan (partitive plural)
koitansa (partitive plural)
koissaan (inessive singular)
koissansa (inessive singular)
koissaan (inessive plural)
koissansa (inessive plural)
koistaan (elative singular)
koistansa (elative singular)
koistaan (elative plural)
koistansa (elative plural)
koihinsa (illative singular)
koihinsa (illative plural)
koillaan (adessive singular)
koillansa (adessive singular)
koillaan (adessive plural)
koillansa (adessive plural)
koiltaan (ablative singular)
koiltansa (ablative singular)
koiltaan (ablative plural)
koiltansa (ablative plural)
koilleen (allative singular)
koillensa (allative singular)
koilleen (allative plural)
koillensa (allative plural)
koinaan (essive singular)
koinansa (essive singular)
koinaan (essive plural)
koinansa (essive plural)
koikseen (singular translative)
koiksensa (singular translative)
koikseen (plural translative)
koiksensa (plural translative)
koittaan (abessive singular)
koittansa (abessive singular)
koittaan (abessive plural)
koittansa (abessive plural)
koineen (comitative plural)
koinensa (comitative plural)

From Proto-Finnic *koi, from Proto-Finno-Ugric *käjä. Cognate with Estonian koi, Erzya ки (ki).

(insects) moth: common clothes moth, Tineola bisselliella

(insects) any of the moths in the family Tineidae


grenadier

From French grenadier, corresponding to grenade + -ier.

(entomology) Either of two red and black libellulid dragonflies, Agrionoptera insignis and Lathrecista asiatica, of Asia and Australia.


declivity

1610s, from French déclivité, from Latin declivitatem, dēclīvitās,
from dēclivis (“a sloping downward”), from de (“down”) + clīvus (“a slope”), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱleywo-, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱley- (“to lean”) (English lean).

1979, Entomology Circular, Issue 200, Part 366, Division of Plant Industry, page number not shown,
Males of all species have more developed armature of the elytral declivity than females (Figs. S, 6, 8, 9, 11-14).

Propodeum in profile with upper lobe of declivity elongate and narrow, subspiniform, almost as long as lower lobe.

2000, Barry Bolton, “The Ant Tribe Dacetini”, in American Entomological Institute, volume 65, number 2, page 500:

(entomology) An inward curve of the exoskeleton of an insect, such as between body segments; a segment of an insect's body where the exoskeleton curves inward.


dronning

nb-noun-c

dronning f or m (definite singular dronninga or dronningen, indefinite plural dronninger, definite plural dronningene)

dronninga (definite singular)
dronningen (definite singular)
dronninger (indefinite plural)
dronningene (definite plural)

(zoology, entomology) queen (the reproductive female in social insect species)


naiad

From Latin Nāïas, from Ancient Greek Νᾱϊάς (Nāïás, “naiad”), from νάω (náō, “to flow”).

(entomology) The aquatic larva (nymph) of a dragonfly or damselfly.


labio

Borrowed from New Latin labium, from Classical Latin labium (“lip”).


imago

en-noun

imago (plural imagines or imagos or imagoes)

imagines (plural)
imagos (plural)
imagoes (plural)

‘But still,’ he said to himself, drawing the metamorphoses of a red admiral, egg, caterpillar, chrysalis and imago on his pad, ‘what shall I say to him when we meet?’

(entomology) The final developmental stage of an insect after undergoing metamorphosis.


imago

imago (nominative singular)
imagot (nominative plural)
imago (accusative nominative singular)
imagot (accusative nominative plural)
imagon (accusative genitive singular)
imagot (accusative genitive plural)
imagon (genitive singular)
imagojen (genitive plural)
imagoiden (genitive plural)
imagoitten (genitive plural)
imagoa (partitive singular)
imagoja (partitive plural)
imagoita (partitive plural)
imagossa (inessive singular)
imagoissa (inessive plural)
imagosta (elative singular)
imagoista (elative plural)
imagoon (illative singular)
imagoihin (illative plural)
imagolla (adessive singular)
imagoilla (adessive plural)
imagolta (ablative singular)
imagoilta (ablative plural)
imagolle (allative singular)
imagoille (allative plural)
imagona (essive singular)
imagoina (essive plural)
imagoksi (singular translative)
imagoiksi (plural translative)
imagotta (abessive singular)
imagoitta (abessive plural)
imagoin (instructive plural)
See the possessive forms below. (comitative)
imagoni (nominative singular)
imagoni (nominative plural)
imagoni (accusative nominative singular)
imagoni (accusative nominative plural)
imagoni (accusative genitive singular)
imagoni (accusative genitive plural)
imagoni (genitive singular)
imagojeni (genitive plural)
imagoideni (genitive plural)
imagoitteni (genitive plural)
imagoani (partitive singular)
imagojani (partitive plural)
imagoitani (partitive plural)
imagossani (inessive singular)
imagoissani (inessive plural)
imagostani (elative singular)
imagoistani (elative plural)
imagooni (illative singular)
imagoihini (illative plural)
imagollani (adessive singular)
imagoillani (adessive plural)
imagoltani (ablative singular)
imagoiltani (ablative plural)
imagolleni (allative singular)
imagoilleni (allative plural)
imagonani (essive singular)
imagoinani (essive plural)
imagokseni (singular translative)
imagoikseni (plural translative)
imagottani (abessive singular)
imagoittani (abessive plural)
imagoineni (comitative plural)
imagosi (nominative singular)
imagosi (nominative plural)
imagosi (accusative nominative singular)
imagosi (accusative nominative plural)
imagosi (accusative genitive singular)
imagosi (accusative genitive plural)
imagosi (genitive singular)
imagojesi (genitive plural)
imagoidesi (genitive plural)
imagoittesi (genitive plural)
imagoasi (partitive singular)
imagojasi (partitive plural)
imagoitasi (partitive plural)
imagossasi (inessive singular)
imagoissasi (inessive plural)
imagostasi (elative singular)
imagoistasi (elative plural)
imagoosi (illative singular)
imagoihisi (illative plural)
imagollasi (adessive singular)
imagoillasi (adessive plural)
imagoltasi (ablative singular)
imagoiltasi (ablative plural)
imagollesi (allative singular)
imagoillesi (allative plural)
imagonasi (essive singular)
imagoinasi (essive plural)
imagoksesi (singular translative)
imagoiksesi (plural translative)
imagottasi (abessive singular)
imagoittasi (abessive plural)
imagoinesi (comitative plural)
imagomme (nominative singular)
imagomme (nominative plural)
imagomme (accusative nominative singular)
imagomme (accusative nominative plural)
imagomme (accusative genitive singular)
imagomme (accusative genitive plural)
imagomme (genitive singular)
imagojemme (genitive plural)
imagoidemme (genitive plural)
imagoittemme (genitive plural)
imagoamme (partitive singular)
imagojamme (partitive plural)
imagoitamme (partitive plural)
imagossamme (inessive singular)
imagoissamme (inessive plural)
imagostamme (elative singular)
imagoistamme (elative plural)
imagoomme (illative singular)
imagoihimme (illative plural)
imagollamme (adessive singular)
imagoillamme (adessive plural)
imagoltamme (ablative singular)
imagoiltamme (ablative plural)
imagollemme (allative singular)
imagoillemme (allative plural)
imagonamme (essive singular)
imagoinamme (essive plural)
imagoksemme (singular translative)
imagoiksemme (plural translative)
imagottamme (abessive singular)
imagoittamme (abessive plural)
imagoinemme (comitative plural)
imagonne (nominative singular)
imagonne (nominative plural)
imagonne (accusative nominative singular)
imagonne (accusative nominative plural)
imagonne (accusative genitive singular)
imagonne (accusative genitive plural)
imagonne (genitive singular)
imagojenne (genitive plural)
imagoidenne (genitive plural)
imagoittenne (genitive plural)
imagoanne (partitive singular)
imagojanne (partitive plural)
imagoitanne (partitive plural)
imagossanne (inessive singular)
imagoissanne (inessive plural)
imagostanne (elative singular)
imagoistanne (elative plural)
imagoonne (illative singular)
imagoihinne (illative plural)
imagollanne (adessive singular)
imagoillanne (adessive plural)
imagoltanne (ablative singular)
imagoiltanne (ablative plural)
imagollenne (allative singular)
imagoillenne (allative plural)
imagonanne (essive singular)
imagoinanne (essive plural)
imagoksenne (singular translative)
imagoiksenne (plural translative)
imagottanne (abessive singular)
imagoittanne (abessive plural)
imagoinenne (comitative plural)
imagonsa (nominative singular)
imagonsa (nominative plural)
imagonsa (accusative nominative singular)
imagonsa (accusative nominative plural)
imagonsa (accusative genitive singular)
imagonsa (accusative genitive plural)
imagonsa (genitive singular)
imagojensa (genitive plural)
imagoidensa (genitive plural)
imagoittensa (genitive plural)
imagoaan (partitive singular)
imagoansa (partitive singular)
imagojaan (partitive plural)
imagoitaan (partitive plural)
imagojansa (partitive plural)
imagoitansa (partitive plural)
imagossaan (inessive singular)
imagossansa (inessive singular)
imagoissaan (inessive plural)
imagoissansa (inessive plural)
imagostaan (elative singular)
imagostansa (elative singular)
imagoistaan (elative plural)
imagoistansa (elative plural)
imagoonsa (illative singular)
imagoihinsa (illative plural)
imagollaan (adessive singular)
imagollansa (adessive singular)
imagoillaan (adessive plural)
imagoillansa (adessive plural)
imagoltaan (ablative singular)
imagoltansa (ablative singular)
imagoiltaan (ablative plural)
imagoiltansa (ablative plural)
imagolleen (allative singular)
imagollensa (allative singular)
imagoilleen (allative plural)
imagoillensa (allative plural)
imagonaan (essive singular)
imagonansa (essive singular)
imagoinaan (essive plural)
imagoinansa (essive plural)
imagokseen (singular translative)
imagoksensa (singular translative)
imagoikseen (plural translative)
imagoiksensa (plural translative)
imagottaan (abessive singular)
imagottansa (abessive singular)
imagoittaan (abessive plural)
imagoittansa (abessive plural)
imagoineen (comitative plural)
imagoinensa (comitative plural)


imago

(entomology) imago (final stage of insect)


imago

Borrowed from Dutch imago, from Latin imāgō.

(entomology) the final developmental stage of an insect after undergoing metamorphosis


imago

Borrowed from Latin imāgō. Doublet of immagine.

(entomology) imago (development stage of an insect)


imago

imago (nominative singular)
imaga (nominative plural)
imagines (nominative plural)
imaga (genitive singular)
imag (genitive plural)
imagu (dative singular)
imagom (dative plural)
imago (accusative singular)
imaga (accusative plural)
imagiem (instrumental singular)
imagami (instrumental plural)
imagu (locative singular)
imagach (locative plural)
imago (singular vocative)
imaga (plural vocative)

Internationalism; compare English imago, French imago, German Imago, ultimately from Latin imāgō. Doublet of image.

(entomology, lepidopterology) imago (final developmental stage of an insect after undergoing metamorphosis)


nectar

(botany, insects) nectar, liquid produced by flowers


clanger

From clang (“loud ringing sound”) + -er.

(Australia, entomology) A cicada, Psaltoda claripennis, of New South Wales and Queensland, having an upper body of green and brown and clear wings with green veins.


costal

From French costal, from Medieval Latin costālis, from Latin costa (“rib”). As a Spanish unit, via Spanish costal. Doublet of coastal.

(entomology) Pertaining to the costa or to the wing areas next to it.


дровосек

ru-noun+

дровосе́к • (drovosék) m anim (genitive дровосе́ка, nominative plural дровосе́ки, genitive plural дровосе́ков)

дровосе́к (canonical)
drovosék (romanization)
дровосе́ка (genitive)
дровосе́ки (nominative plural)
дровосе́ков (genitive plural)
дровосе́к (nominative singular)
дровосе́ки (nominative plural)
дровосе́ка (genitive singular)
дровосе́ков (genitive plural)
дровосе́ку (dative singular)
дровосе́кам (dative plural)
дровосе́ка (accusative singular)
дровосе́ков (accusative plural)
дровосе́ком (instrumental singular)
дровосе́ками (instrumental plural)
дровосе́ке (prepositional singular)
дровосе́ках (plural prepositional)


intercalary

From Latin intercalārius, from intercalāris, from intercalō, from inter (“among”) + calō (“call out, proclaim”).

...two radial cells, second longer than first; intercalary fork fairly distinct; crossvein r-m vertical...

1953, Willis W. Wirth, “American Biting Midges of the Helid Genus Monohelea”, in Proceedings of the United States National Museum, volume 103, number 3320, pages 135–154:

(sciences, by extension) Inserted between other things

(entomology) of a wing vein: between the major veins common to insect wings.


lepidopterology

From Ancient Greek λεπίς (lepís, “scale”) + πτερόν (pterón, “wing”) + -λογία (-logía, “-logy, branch of study”), or, more recently, from translingual Lepidoptera + -ology.

(biology, zoology, entomology) The scientific study of butterflies and moths (the Lepidoptera).


graminivorous

en-adj

graminivorous (comparative more graminivorous, superlative most graminivorous)

more graminivorous (comparative)
most graminivorous (superlative)

/ɡɹæmɪˈnɪvəɹəs/

From Latin graminivorus, from gramen (“grass”) + -vorus.

We passed a large jaguar, glaring fiercely at a calf ten feet from him; […] Had we powder to waste, we would certainly have rid the graminivorous from many of their carnivorous neighbours, but we were now entering a tract of country celebrated for the depredations of the Texians and Buggles free bands, and every charge of powder thrown away was a chance the less, in case of a fight.

1843, [Frederick] Marryat, chapter XII, in Narrative of the Travels and Adventures of Monsieur Violet, in California, Sonora, & Western Texas. […], volume II, London: Longman, Brown, Green, & Longmans, […], →OCLC, page 257:

"Bitzer," said Thomas Gradgrind. "Your definition of a horse." / "Quadruped. Graminivorous. Forty teeth; namely, twenty-four grinders, four eye-teeth, and twelve incisive. Sheds coat in the spring; in marshy countries, sheds hoofs, too. Hoofs hard, but requiring to be shod with iron. Age known by marks in mouth." Thus (and much more) Bitzer.

1854, Charles Dickens, chapter II, in Hard Times. For These Times, London: Bradbury & Evans, […], →OCLC:

If woman had a free hand in the world's marketing the race would become graminivorous.

1906, Ambrose Bierce, “Abdomen”, in The Cynic’s Word Book, London: Arthur F. Bird […], →OCLC, page 4:

(entomology) That eats grasses and seeds.


ψυχή

psychí (romanization)
ψυχές (plural)
ψυχή (nominative singular)
ψυχές (nominative plural)
ψυχής (genitive singular)
ψυχών (genitive plural)
ψυχή (accusative singular)
ψυχές (accusative plural)
ψυχή (singular vocative)
ψυχές (plural vocative)

άβυσσος η ψυχή του ανθρώπου

there's nowt so queer as folk; an abyss [is] the soul of man


lus

nb-noun

lus f or m (definite singular lusa or lusen, indefinite plural lus, definite plural lusene)

lusa (definite singular)
lusen (definite singular)
lus (indefinite plural)
lusene (definite plural)

From Old Norse lús, from Proto-Germanic *lūs, possibly from Proto-Indo-European *luHs-, *lewH-.

(entomology) a louse (plural lice), or a similar animal, e.g. a sea louse


lus

From Old Norse lús, from Proto-Germanic *lūs, possibly from Proto-Indo-European *luHs-, *lewH-.
Germanic cognates include Icelandic and Faroese lús, Danish and Swedish lus, German Laus, Dutch luis, and English louse. Wider Indo-European cognates may include some in Brythonic languages, such as Welsh llau and Breton laou.

mus

mouse; for its morphological similarities

Godt gøymd mellom hårstråa sit lusa og syg blod frå verten sin.

2000, Erna Osland, Hår i millionar år, Oslo: Samlaget, page 57:

Well hidden between the hairs, sits the louse and sucks blood from its host.

Å finne lus i barnehår er ho vel van med.

1996, Sissel Solbjørg Bjugn, Lus [Lice], Oslo: Samlaget, page 24:

She is likely used to finding lice in child's hair.

(entomology) a louse (a small blood-sucking insect in the order Psocodea)

Dette kan føre til ei oppblomstring av lus som trugar villaksen.

This could lead to a bloom of sea lice, threatening the wild salmon.

(entomology) a small insect that is either closely related or similar in behaviour or appearance to a true louse, e.g. sea lice


forceps

en-noun

forceps (plural forceps or forcipes or forcepses)

forceps (plural)
forcipes (plural)
forcepses (plural)

(entomology) A pair of appendages on the abdomen of some insects, such as earwigs, resembling the medical instrument.


tailed

From Middle English tayled; equivalent to tail + -ed.

two-tailed pasha ExpressionsAfrican long-tailed shrikeband-tailed antshrikeband-tailed manakinbar-tailed godwitblack-tailed flycatcherblack-tailed godwitblack-tailed hawfinchblack-tailed jackrabbitblack-tailed trainbearerbright-eyed and bushy-tailedbright eyed and bushy tailedbrush-tailedbrush-tailed penguinbrush-tailed phascogalebrush-tailed possumbrushtail possumbuff-tailed bumblebeeElliot's short-tailed shrewfan-tailedfan-tailed warblerfat-tailed dunnartfat-tailed dwarf lemurfat-tailed dwarf lemursfat-tailed lemurfat-tailed sheepfiery-tailed awlbillfork-tailed bush katydidgray short-tailed opossumgreat-tailed gracklegreen-tailed towheegreen-tailed trainbearergrey-tailed tattlerhairy-tailed moleHarlan's red-tailed hawkhigh-tailedlarge-tailed antshrikeleaf-tailed geckolion-tailed macaquelobster-tailed potlong-tailedlong-tailed bluelong-tailed chinchillalong-tailed ducklong-tailed hawklong-tailed jaegerlong-tailed macaquelong-tailed meadowlarklong-tailed onelong-tailed pangolinlong-tailed planigalelong-tailed shrikelong-tailed titlong-tailed titmousemosaic-tailed ratnervous as a long-tailed cat in a room full of rocking chairspaddle-tailed newtpen-tailed treeshrewpheasant-tailed jacanapig-tailedpig-tailed macaquepin-tailed sandgrousepin-tailed snipepony-tailedrat-tailed maggotred-tailed hawkred-tailed phascogalered-tailed shrikered-tailed squirrelred-tailed tropicbirdribbon-tailed astrapiaring-tailed lemurring-tailed macaucorufous-tailed hawkrufous-tailed rock thrushrufous-tailed scrub robinSeram long-tailed mosaic-tailed ratsharp-tailed sandpipersharp-tailed sparrowshort-tailed chinchillashort-tailed foxshort-tailed hawkshort-tailed parrotshort-tailed weaselsouthern pig-tailed macaquespiny-tailed lizardspotted-tailed quollstiff-tailed duckstub-tailed morphostump-tailed macaqueswallow-tailedswallow-tailed kitetailed frogtailed pepperthick-tailed bushbabytrumpet-tailed ratwedge-tailed eaglewhip-tailedwhite-tailed blue flycatcherwhite-tailed deerwhite-tailed eaglewhite-tailed hawkwhite-tailed lapwingwhite-tailed ploverwhite-tailed ptarmiganwhite-tailed sea eaglewhite-tailed shrikeyellow-tailed black cockatoozebra-tailed lizardzone-tailed hawk

(entomology) Of certain butterflies, having one or more filamentous projections on the tornal section of each hind wing.


dimerous

From di- + -merous; compare also Ancient Greek διμερής (dimerḗs, “bipartite”).


frenulum

frenula (plural)
frenulums (plural)
fraenulum (alternative hypercorrect nonstandard)
frænulum (alternative hypercorrect nonstandard)

Borrowed from New Latin frēnulum, diminutive of frēnum (“a bridle, curb, bit”).

(entomology, zootomy) A bristle or row of bristles on the edge of the hindwings of some lepidoptera which unites the wings by interlocking with a catch on the posterior part of the forewings.


myrmecology

/ˌmɜː(ɹ)mɪˈkɒləd͡ʒi/

From Ancient Greek myrmeco- (“ant”) + -logy (“study (of)”).


odonatology

(entomology) The study of dragonflies and often damselflies.

odonatologie

Scientific study of dragonflies and damselflies


armarium

Unadapted borrowing from Latin armārium. Doublet of ambry, armoire, and almirah.

The proventriculus of both the Blattaria and Isoptera conforms to the basic orthopteran plan and consists of an anterior armarium and the posterior stomodaeal valve; the armarium tapers posteriorly as it merges with the narrow valve.

1963, Memoir - Cornell University Agricultural Experiment Station, Cornell University Agricultural Experiment Station, →OCLC:

The proventriculi of both Arenivaga bolliana and Hypercomps fieberi appear to lack the anterior dental belt of the armarium; otherwise, they are dissimilar.

1964, F. A. McKittrick, Evolutionary Studies of Cockroaches, page 78:

The sclerotized portion of the proventriculus (armarium) has six cuticular folds each armed with a tooth for crushing food and a pulvillus bearing hairs which forms a fine filter.

1975, Lucy D. Leake, Comparative Histology: An Introduction to the Microscopic Structure of Animals:

Anteriorly it bears an armarium and posteriosly^([sic]) a stomodaeal valve.

1991, H.S. Bhamrah, Introduction to Arthropoda, page 169:


tympanum

Borrowed from Latin tympanum (“a drum, timbrel, tambourine; the eardrum”). Doublet of timbre, timpani, timbal, and tymbal.

قَلْب القَوْصَرَة

triangular space between the sides of a pediment

(anatomy, zootomy) Any of various anatomic structures in various animals with analogy to a drum head:

(zootomy, entomology) A thin tense membrane covering the hearing organ on the leg or body of some insects, sometimes adapted (as in cicadas) for producing sound.


tymbal

Variant of timbale, from French timbale.

(entomology) One of a pair of specialised sound-producing structures located below each side of the anterior abdominal region of various species of cicada.


radial

en-adj

radial (comparative more radial, superlative most radial)

more radial (comparative)
most radial (superlative)

From Medieval Latin radiālis (“radial”), from Latin radius.

(entomology) Of, or relating to the radius (vein), and/or the wing areas next to it.


harlequin

en-noun

harlequin (countable and uncountable, plural harlequins)

From earlier Harlicken, from Middle French Harlequin (in Italian Arlecchino, the name of a popular servant character in commedia dell'arte plays), from Old French Harlequin, Halequin, Herlequin, Hellequin, Hierlekin, Hellekin (a demon, malevolent spirit), probably of Germanic origin, connected to the Old English figure of Herla Cyning (“King Herla”, a mythical figure identified with Woden) or possibly to Old Frisian helle kin, Old English helle cyn, Old Norse heljar kyn (“the kindred of Hell”). Related to Middle English Hurlewain (“a mischievous sprite or goblin”).

cog

(entomology) Any of various riodinid butterflies of the genera Taxila and Praetaxila.


bombardier

Borrowed from Middle French bombardier, from Old French bombarder (“a stone throwing engine”), equivalent to bombard + -er.


chironomid

Fossil chironomids have proven useful as indicators of climatic change.

Devils Lake is where I began my career as a limnologist in 1964, studying the lake’s neotenic salamanders and chironomids, or midge flies. […] The Devils Lake Basin is an endorheic, or closed, basin covering about 9,800 square kilometers in northeastern North Dakota.

2012 January 4, Douglas Larson, “Runaway Devils Lake”, in American Scientist, volume 100, number 1, archived from the original on 2012-05-23, page 46:

(entomology) Any of the non-biting midges or Chironomidae, a family of true flies within the order Diptera.


cel

nl-noun

cel f (plural cellen, diminutive celletje n)

cellen (plural)
celletje (diminutive neuter)

Afrikaans: sel

→ Indonesian: sel

→ Papiamentu: sèl

From Middle Dutch celle, from Latin cella.

cell (a compartment)
(entomology) cell – of a honeycomb

cell (a compartment)
cell – of a honeycomb


bullet ant

From bullet + ant.
From being an ant having a poisonous stinging bite, whose pain is described to be comparable to being hit by a bullet.

(entomology, informal) A stinging ant (Paraponera clavata) the toxin of which causes intense pain for about a day, native to Central and South America.


cilium

(entomology) One of the fine hairs along an insect's wing.