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A division of insects nearly equivalent to the true Orthoptera.

One of the posterior wings of an insect.

One of the terminal hooks on the foot of an insect.

Having but a single horn; -- said of certain insects. "Unicornous beetles." Sir T. Browne.

The sternal, or under piece, of any one of the uromeres of insects and other arthropods.

The terminal part of the oviduct in insects and various other invertebrates. See Illust., of Spermatheca.

ropical American bats of the genus Vampyrus, especially V. spectrum. These bats feed upon insects and fruit, but were formerly erroneously supposed to suck the blood of man and animals. Called also false vampire. Vampire bat (Zoöl.), a vampire, 3.

One of the ribs or nervures of the wings of insects. See Venation.

The arrangement or system of veins, as in the wing of an insect, or in the leaves of a plant. See Illust. in Appendix.

Having a poison gland or glands for the secretion of venom, as certain serpents and insects.

The lower part of the abdomen in insects.

One of the stomachs of certain insects.

; a veinlet; specifically (Zoöl.), one of the small branches of the veins of the wings in insects.

A small worm or insect larva; also, a wormlike body. [R.] Derham.

A noxious or mischievous animal; especially, noxious little animals or insects, collectively, as squirrels, rats, mice, flies, lice, bugs, etc. "Cruel hounds or some foul vermin." Chaucer. Great injuries these vermin, mice and rats, do in the field. Mortimer. They disdain such vermin when the mighty boar of the forest…

A genus of bats including some of the common small insectivorous species of North America and Europe.

A tribe of bats including the common insectivorous bats of America and Europe, belonging to Vespertilio and allied genera. They lack a nose membrane.

A nest, or habitation, of insects of the wasp kind.

, vibratory motion; having the power of vibrating; vibratory; as, the vibratile organs of insects.

loxera that injuries the grapevine. -- Vine grub (Zoöl.), any one of numerous species of insect larvæ that are injurious to the grapevine. -- Vine hopper (Zoöl.), any one of several species of leaf hoppers which suck the sap of the grapevine, especially Erythroneura vitis. See Illust. of Grape hopper, under Grape. -…