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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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Operculate
Animals; Insects

Having a body process or part that suggests a lid.

Orifice
Animals; Insects

An opening, as a vent, mouth, or hole through which something may pass.

Ostiole
Animals; Insects

A small bodily aperture, orifice, or pore.

Monoecious
Animals; Insects

Having male and female sex organs in the same individual.

Moult
Animals; Insects

To moult is to shed the outer covering of the body - the exoskeleton.

Mouthparts
Animals; Insects

Structures or appendages near the mouth, adapted for use in gathering or eating food.

Mucro
Animals; Insects

The abrupt sharp terminal segment of the furcula in Collembola.

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