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• coccid insect (noun)
  1. scale insects and mealybugs
• cochineal insect (noun)
  1. mexican red scale insect that feeds on cacti; the source of a red dye
• dictyopterous insect (noun)
  1. cockroaches and mantids
• dipterous insect (noun)
  1. anterior pair insects having usually a single pair of functional wings with the posterior pair reduced to small knobbed structures and mouth parts adapted for sucking, lapping or piercing
• hemipterous insect (noun)
  1. insects with sucking mouthparts and forewings thickened and leathery at the base; usually show incomplete metamorphosis
• heteropterous insect (noun)
  1. true bugs: insects whose forewings are membranous but have leathery tips
• homopterous insect (noun)
  1. insects having membranous forewings and hind wings
• hymenopterous insect (noun)
  1. insects having two pairs of membranous wings and an ovipositor specialized for stinging or piercing
• insect bite (noun)
  1. a painful wound caused by the thrust of an insect's stinger into skin
• insect powder (noun)
  1. a chemical used to kill insects
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