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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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Parthenogenetic
Animals; Insects

Reproducing by parthenogenesis, that is with egg developing without fertilization.

Penis
Animals; Insects

Intromittent organ formed from primary phallic lobes without subdivision.

Penultimate
Animals; Insects

The next to the last member of a series.

Petiole
Animals; Insects

A narrow stem that connects the abdomen and thorax in an ant and other Hymenoptera.

Stridulate
Animals; Insects

To make a sound by rubbing two ridged or roughened surfaces together.

Bifurcate
Animals; Insects

Two-pronged, or divided into two branches or parts.

Stridulation
Animals; Insects

The production of sounds by rubbing two parts of the body together: best known in grasshoppers and other orthopterans.

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