fierce wild dog of the forests of central and southeast Asia that hunts in packs
dalmatian
Noun
a large breed having a smooth white coat with black or brown spots
defoliator
Noun
an insect that strips the leaves from plants
deathwatch beetle
Noun
bores through wood making a ticking sound popularly thought to presage death
deathwatch
Noun
bores through wood making a ticking sound popularly thought to presage death
deathwatch
Noun
minute wingless psocopterous insects injurious to books and papers
dung beetle
Noun
any of numerous beetles that roll balls of dung on which they feed and in which they lay eggs
dorbeetle
Noun
Old World dung beetle that flies with a droning sound
denticle
Noun
small pointed ridge on the exoskeleton of an arthropod
darkling beetle
Noun
sluggish hard-bodied black terrestrial weevil whose larvae feed on e.g. decaying plant material or grain
darkling groung beetle
Noun
sluggish hard-bodied black terrestrial weevil whose larvae feed on e.g. decaying plant material or grain
dock
Noun
a short or shortened tail of certain animals
dock
Noun
the solid bony part of the tail of an animal as distinguished from the hair
dock
Noun
landing in a harbor next to a pier where ships are loaded and unloaded or repaired
dock
Noun
an enclosure in a court of law where the defendant sits during the trial
dock
Noun
a platform where trucks or trains can be loaded or unloaded
dock
Noun
a platform built out from the shore into the water and supported by piles
dock
Noun
any of certain coarse weedy plants with long taproots, sometimes used as table greens or in folk medicine
dock
Verb
maneuver into a dock
dock
Verb
remove or shorten the tail of an animal
dock
Verb
come into dock
dock
Verb
deduct from someone's wages
dock
Verb
deprive someone of benefits, as a penalty
drosophila
Noun
small fruit fly used by Thomas Hunt Morgan in studying basic mechanisms of inheritance
drone
Noun
stingless male bee in a colony of social bees (especially honeybees) whose sole function is to mate with the queen
drone
Noun
a pipe of the bagpipe that is tuned to produce a single continuous tone
drone
Noun
an aircraft without a pilot that is operated by remote control
drone
Noun
an unchanging intonation
drone
Noun
someone who takes more time than necessary
drone
Verb
talk in a monotonous voice
drone
Verb
make a monotonous low dull sound
dog flea
Noun
flea that attacks dogs and cats
dipterous insect
Noun
insects having usually a single pair of functional wings (anterior pair) with the posterior pair reduced to small knobbed structures and mouth parts adapted for sucking or lapping or piercing
dipteran
Noun
insects having usually a single anterior pair of functional wings with the posterior pair reduced to small knobbed structures and mouth parts adapted for sucking, lapping or piercing; a fly
driver ant
Noun
tropical nomadic ant that preys mainly on other insects
digger wasp
Noun
solitary wasp that digs nests in the soil and stocks them with paralyzed insects for the larvae
diapheromera
Noun
a variety of stick insect
dictyopterous insect
Noun
cockroaches and mantids
dog-day cicada
Noun
its distinctive song is heard during July and August
doodlebug
Noun
the larva of any of several insects
doodlebug
Noun
a small jet-propelled winged missile that carries a bomb
doodlebug
Noun
a small motor vehicle
dobson
Noun
large soft-bodied insect having long slender mandibles in the male
dobson
Noun
large brown aquatic larva of the dobsonfly
dobsonfly
Noun
large soft-bodied insect having long slender mandibles in the male