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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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Pollinator

Animals; Insects

An agent often an insect that carries pollen from the stamen of one flower to the stigma of another flower to produce a seed.

Polymorphic

Animals; Insects

A species having several forms independent of the variations of sex.

Polyphagous

Animals; Insects

Feeding on a variety of plants and or animals.

Postantennal angle

Animals; Insects

In Anoplura, angular part of head behind the antenna.

Predacious

Animals; Insects

Attacking and feeding on an animal by another animal.

Prehensile

Animals; Insects

Adapted for seizing or grasping especially by wrapping around.

Primary phallic lobes

Animals; Insects

Pair of ectodermal outgrowths that give rise to all or part of intromittent organ in insects.

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