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Destitute of true, or red, blood, as insects.

Without, or apparently without, a scutellum; -- said of certain insects.

Inserted exterior to the eyes; -- said of the antennæ of certain insects.

One of the numerous small eyes which make up the compound eyes of insects and crustaceans.

, harrow, and break up, as land, without seeding, for the purpose of destroying weeds and insects, and rendering it mellow; as, it is profitable to fallow cold, strong, clayey land.

veins arranged in a radiating manner; -- said of certain leaves, and of the winfs of some insects.

ith a sort of white, mealy powder, as the leaves of some poplars, and the body of certain insects; mealy.

The anal fork on which the larvæ of certain insects carry their fæces.

One of the sense organs or certain animals (as insects), which are used in testing objects by touch and in searching for food; an antenna; a palp. Insects . . . perpetually feeling and searching before them with their feelers or antennæ. Derham.

A group of mammals which formerly included the Carnivora, Insectivora, Marsupialia, and lemurs, but is now often restricted to the Carnivora.

Of a straw color; greenish yellow. [Obs.] A little insect of a festucine or pale green. Sir T. Browne.

fringed, on one side only, by long, straight hairs, as the antennæ of certain insects.

Any luminous winged insect, esp. luminous beetles of the family Lampyridæ.

An insect belonging to the genus Pulex, of the order Aphaniptera. Fleas are destitute of wings, but have the power of leaping energetically. The bite is poisonous to most persons. The human flea (Pulex irritans), abundant in Europe, is rare in America, where the dog flea (P. canis) takes its place. See Aphaniptera, and…

Furnished with tufts of curly hairs, as some insects.

Any winged insect; esp., one with transparent wings; as, the Spanish fly; firefly; gall fly; dragon fly.

The covering of an insect, esp. the elytra of beetles.

Having the habit of catching insects on the wing.

One of numerous species of birds that feed upon insects, which they take on the wing.

es, and fold together when certain hairs on their upper surface are touched, thus seizing insects that light on them. The insects so caught are afterwards digested by a secretion from the upper surface of the leaves.