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Relating to the Adephaga
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(biology) Pertaining to an insect which is attracted to flowers of a large range of different species of plant, or an insect which does not feed exclusively on one type of flower.
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pollination by both wind and insects
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(botany) A form of pollination whereby pollen is distributed by wind.
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(entomology) Living or lasting just one season or year, as certain insects or insect colonies.
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Living or growing on flowers
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The quality of being apocarpous.
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An organism that spreads by weight, as by the weight of a nut that falls from a tree and is not eaten by animals.
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(agriculture) Any species of insect that provides pollination or pest control.
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Relating to borophagines
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of or relating to a chrysalis.
adj
(entomology) Having two broods per season.
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(biology) That deters zoochory
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Relating to entomofauna.
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Relating to entomogamy
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(biology) That grows in or on the body of an insect
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Of or pertaining to entomology.
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Relating to entomoparasites
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Anything that is pathogenic to insects.
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(biology) pathogenic to insects
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(of a type of pollen) Being transported by insects, rather than carried on the air.
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Of, pertaining to, or pollinated by entomophily
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(botany) pollination by insects
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Relating to, or characteristic of mites of the genus Ereynetes
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(biology, of insects such as mosquitoes) Describing a life cycle of feeding and laying of eggs.
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(biology) The form of insect development in which the nymph is very similar to the adult and matures without becoming a pupa
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Of or relating to the insect imago.
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Of or pertaining to insectology (entomology).
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Of or pertaining to insectology (entomology).
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(zoology) Depositing living larvae, instead of eggs; said of certain insects.
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Relating to the Lotophagi (lotus eaters)
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(entomology) Of or relating to an insect (especially a bee) which collects pollen from the flowers of a single plant species.
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Exhibiting or relating to myrmecophily.
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(zoology) Of or pertaining to the Neuroptera.
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(entomology) Relating to, or characteristic of, oligolecty.
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(entomology) The preference of an insect pollinator (chiefly a bee) for pollinating only a few plant species.
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(biology, of an insect) That collects pollen or nectar from a relatively small number of plant types
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Of or relating to paraprotaspis.
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Of or relating to lice.
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Alternative form of phlyctenous [Of relating to a phlyctena.]
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(zoology) A plant-like animal; a zoophyte.
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(now rare) An organism having characteristics of both plants and animals; a zoophyte, later chiefly an animal with structural resemblances to a plant.
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(entomology) The establishment of an ant colony by multiple queens.
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(biology) the agent that pollinates a plant; often an insect
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(zoology) The consumption of pollen by animals.
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(zoology) The state of being polygoneutic
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(entomology) Of or relating to an insect (especially a bee) which collects pollen from the flowers of a variety of unrelated plants.
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(entomology) The condition of being polylectic.
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An insect that collects pollen from the flowers of a variety of unrelated plants.
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(entomology) Any myrmecophilous insect that interacts with the host insects
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(entomology) That has a symbiotic or mutualistic relationship with termites, and typically lives in a termite nest
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Alternative form of zoophaga [(zoology) An artificial group comprising various carnivorous and insectivorous animals.]
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