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pupa-case
ˈpupa-case [f. prec. + case n.2 2 b.] The horny case or sheath of a pupa or chrysalis.1826 Kirby & Sp. Entomol. III. xxxi. 241 The wings..remain attached to the puparium or pupa-case. 1841 T. R. Jones Anim. Kingd. xv. 300 The imprisoned dragon-fly splits its pupa-case along the back. 1895 Miall Aqua... Oxford English Dictionary
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Martin Stanton
the caddis effect – a defensive systemic effect – which progresses in a similar way as the caddis insect constructs its defensive pupa-case, by surrounding wikipedia.org
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pupa
pupa (ˈpjuːpə) Pl. -æ. [mod.L. (Linnæus Syst. Nat. 1758 I. 340), a use of L. pūpa girl, doll. Cf. Ger., Da. puppe, Sw. puppa, Du. † poppe, pop, popje, doll, nymph, chrysalis, = Romanic puppa doll.] 1. a. An insect in the third and usually quiescent state (of complete metamorphosis), preceding that o... Oxford English Dictionary
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Troides minos
I thought at first it was merely produced by the rubbing of one ring of the pupa-case against the next, but the sound did not resemble a mere frictional wikipedia.org
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dop
▪ I. † dop, v. Obs. [ME. doppen:—OE. type *dop-pian, represented by freq. doppettan to dip, immerse, baptize, and ns. doppa, dop-enid, doppe; f. weak grade of *deup-an: see dip v. and depe v.] 1. intr. To descend or sink suddenly into water or the like, to plump or ‘pop’ down; to dive.c 1380 Wyclif ... Oxford English Dictionary
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thoraco-
‖ thoraco- (θɒˈreɪkəʊ) before a vowel thorac-, combining form of Gr. θώρᾱξ, θωρᾱκ-, thorax; used in forming terms of anatomy, zoology, etc. thoracabˈdominal a. = thoracico-abdominal. thoracaˈcromial a. = thoracico-acromial. thoracenˈtesis = thoracocentesis. ‖ thoracetron (-ˈsiːtrɒn) [Gr. ἦτρον abdom... Oxford English Dictionary
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tongue
▪ I. tongue, n. (tʌŋ) Forms: 1–6 tunge, (3 tunke, tonke), 3–6, 7 Sc. tonge, (4 tungge, tongge), 3–8 tounge, 4 Sc. towng, -e, 4–6 tung (also 8 Sc.), Sc. twng, 4–7 toung, tong, (5 tounghe), 5–7 toong, (6 toongue, 6–7 toungue), 5– tongue. [OE. and ME. tunge wk. f. = OFris. tunge, OS. tunga (MLG., LG. t... Oxford English Dictionary
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case
▪ I. case, n.1 (keɪs) Forms: 3–5 cas, (4 cais, caice, cass), 4–5 caas, caace, 4–6 cace, kace, 6 Sc. caice, 4– case. [ME. cās, caas, a. OF. cas in same sense:—L. cāsu-s, cassu-s fall, chance, occurrence, case, f. stem cas- of cadĕre to fall.] I. † 1. a. A thing that befalls or happens to any one; an ... Oxford English Dictionary
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