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ENTEROTOMY n.
Incision of the intestines, especially in reducing certain cases of hernia.
ENTOMB v.
To deposit in a tomb, as a dead body; to bury; to inter; to inhume. Hooker.
ENTOMBMENT n.
The act of entombing or burying, or state of being entombed; burial. Barrow.
ENTOMERE n.
The more granular cells, which finally become internal, in many segmenting ova, as those of mammals.
ENTOMIC; ENTOMICAL a.
Relating to insects; entomological.
ENTOMOID a. 2 definitions
Resembling an insect. -- n.
ENTOMOLIN n.
See Chitin.
ENTOMOLITE n.
A fossil insect.
ENTOMOLOGIC; ENTOMOLOGICAL a.
Of or relating to entomology. -- En`to*mo*log"ic*al*ly, adv.
ENTOMOLOGIST n.
One versed in entomology.
ENTOMOLOGIZE v.
To collect specimens in the study of entomology. C. Kingsley.
ENTOMOLOGY n. 2 definitions
A treatise on the science of entomology.
ENTOMOPHAGA n. 3 definitions
One of a group of hymenopterous insects whose larvæ feed parasitically upon living insects. See Ichneumon,
ENTOMOPHAGAN a. 2 definitions
Relating to the Entomophaga. -- n.
ENTOMOPHAGOUS a.
Feeding on insects; insectivorous.
ENTOMOPHILOUS a.
Fertilized by the agency of insects; -- said of plants in which the pollen is carried to the stigma by insects.
ENTOMOSTRACA n.
One of the subclasses of Crustacea, including a large number of species, many of them minute. The group embraces several orders; as the Phyllopoda, Ostracoda, Copepoda, and Pectostraca. See Copepoda, Phyllopoda, and Cladocera.
ENTOMOSTRACAN a. 2 definitions
Relating to the Entomostraca. -- n.
ENTOMOSTRACOUS a.
Belonging to the Entomostracans.
ENTOMOTOMIST n.
One who practices entomotomy.
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