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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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Seta
Animals; Insects

A sclerotized hair-like structure of the insect cuticle, arising from a single cell, and surrounded at base by thin cuticular ring.

Crepitate
Animals; Insects

In some Acrididae, making a crackling noise by snapping the hindwings in flight.

Tuberculiform
Animals; Insects

Having the form of a tubercle.

Turbinate
Animals; Insects

Having a shaped like a top or an inverted cone.

Crochets
Animals; Insects

Hooked spines at tip of the prolegs of lepidopterous larvae.

Crossvein
Animals; Insects

A short vein joining any two neighbouring longitudinal veins.

Tympanum
Animals; Insects

The vibrating auditory membrane or ear-drum of various insects.

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