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Insects

Any of numerous usually small arthropod animals of the class Insecta, having an adult stage characterized by three pairs of legs and a body segmented into head, thorax, and abdomen and usually having two pairs of wings.

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Ovisac

Animals; Insects

A waxen sac into which eggs are laid in Coccoid Hemiptera, and which sometimes encloses all or part of the female.

Pala

Animals; Insects

Tarsus of foreleg of Corixidae, modified into a seta-fringed scoop.

Palp

Animals; Insects

A segmented leg-like structure arising on the maxilla or labium. Palps have a sensory function and play a major role in tasting food.

Papilla

Animals; Insects

A small projecting body part similar to a nipple in form.

Paraglossa

Animals; Insects

The outer most pair of lobes at the outer edges of the tip of the labium: with the central glossae, the paraglossae make up the ligula.

Paramere

Animals; Insects

Copulatory hooks formed from outer subdivision of primary phallic lobes.

Paraproct

Animals; Insects

One of the 2 lobes bordering the sides of the anus.

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