Insects

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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Terminal

Animals; Insects

Of or relating to an end, extremity, or boundary.

Claw

Animals; Insects

Sharp curved pincer-like process terminating the segmented thoracic limbs of various arthropods.

Clypeus

Animals; Insects

Lowest part of the insect face, just above the labrum.

Test

Animals; Insects

In most Coccids a scale covering, consisting of exuvial, secreted waxy material and excrement.

Thorax

Animals; Insects

The middle of the three major body parts of the insect body. The legs and wings (if present) are always attached to the thorax.

Spiracle

Animals; Insects

One of the breathing pores - openings of the tracheal system - through which diffusion of gases takes place. They usually occur on the third thoracic segment and all the abdominal.