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111diving beetle — any of numerous predaceous water beetles of the family Dytiscidae, having the body adapted for swimming. * * * …
112dragonfly — /drag euhn fluy /, n., pl. dragonflies. 1. any of numerous stout bodied, nonstinging insects of the order Odonata (suborder Anisoptera), the species of which prey on mosquitoes and other insects and are distinguished from the damselflies by… …
113eel — eellike, adj. eely, adj. /eel/, n., pl. (esp. collectively) eel, (esp. referring to two or more kinds or species) eels. 1. any of numerous elongated, snakelike marine or freshwater fishes of the order Apodes, having no ventral fins. 2. any of… …
114flower beetle — 1. any of numerous, usually brightly colored beetles, as of the families Malachiidae and Dasytidae, that live on flowers and are predaceous on other insects. 2. any of certain scarabaeid beetles of the subfamily Cetoniinae that feed on pollen.… …
115flower bug — any of several bugs of the family Anthocoridae that live on flowers and are predaceous on aphids and other small insects. [1885 90] * * * ▪ insect also called minute pirate bug , or anthocorid bug, any of at least 400 species of small… …
116gar — gar1 /gahr/, n., pl. (esp. collectively) gar, (esp. referring to two or more kinds or species) gars. 1. Also called garfish, garpike. any predaceous freshwater fish of the genus Lepisosteus, of North America, covered with hard, diamond shaped… …
117insect — insectival /in sek tuy veuhl/, adj. /in sekt/, n. 1. any animal of the class Insecta, comprising small, air breathing arthropods having the body divided into three parts (head, thorax, and abdomen), and having three pairs of legs and usually two… …
118lacewing — /lays wing /, n. any of several insects of the family Chrysopidae, having delicate, lacelike wings and golden or copper colored eyes, the larvae of which are predaceous on aphids and other small insects. [1850 55; LACE + WING] * * * Any of… …
119leaf-footed bug — /leef foot id/ any of numerous plant sucking or predaceous bugs of the family Coreidae, typically having leaflike legs: several species are pests of food crops. Also called coreid bug. * * * …
120mantis — /man tis/, n., pl. mantises, mantes / teez/. any of several predaceous insects of the order Mantidae, having a long prothorax and typically holding the forelegs in an upraised position as if in prayer. Also, mantid. Also called praying mantis.… …
