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ala |
Noun
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a wing of an insect |
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ala |
Noun
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a flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism |
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animal foot |
Noun
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the pedal extremity of vertebrates other than human beings |
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armyworm |
Noun
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larva of fungus gnat that feed on cereals and other grains |
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armyworm |
Noun
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moth whose destructive larvae travel in multitudes |
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armyworm |
Noun
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noctuid moth larvae that travel in multitudes destroying especially grass and grain |
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andrena |
Noun
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a bee that is a member of the genus Andrena |
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andrenid |
Noun
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a bee that is a member of the genus Andrena |
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alkali bee |
Noun
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a common solitary bee important for pollinating alfalfa in the western United States |
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apple maggot |
Noun
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larvae bore into and feed on apples |
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army ant |
Noun
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tropical nomadic ant that preys mainly on other insects |
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acridid |
Noun
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grasshopper with short antennae |
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ant |
Noun
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social insect living in organized colonies |
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armored scale |
Noun
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insect having a firm covering of wax especially in the female |
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ant lion |
Noun
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winged insect resembling a dragonfly |
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ant lion |
Noun
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the larva of any of several insects |
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antlion |
Noun
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winged insect resembling a dragonfly |
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antlion |
Noun
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the larva of any of several insects |
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antlion fly |
Noun
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winged insect resembling a dragonfly |
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aphid lion |
Noun
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carnivorous larva of lacewing flies |
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aphis lion |
Noun
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carnivorous larva of lacewing flies |
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assassin bug |
Noun
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a true bug: long-legged predacious bug living mostly on other insects |
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aphid |
Noun
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any of various small plant-sucking insects |
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apple aphid |
Noun
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bright green aphid |
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alderfly |
Noun
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dark-colored insect having predaceous aquatic larvae |
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ant cow |
Noun
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excretes a honeylike substance eaten by ants |
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alder fly |
Noun
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dark-colored insect having predaceous aquatic larvae |
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adelgid |
Noun
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any of various insects that feed and form galls on conifers |
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angoumois moth |
Noun
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small moth whose larvae feed on kernels of stored grains |
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angoumois grain moth |
Noun
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small moth whose larvae feed on kernels of stored grains |
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admiral |
Noun
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any of several brightly colored butterflies |
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admiral |
Noun
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the supreme commander of a fleet |
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almond moth |
Noun
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a moth whose larvae feed on and mat together with webbing various stored products of vegetable origin |
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anglewing |
Noun
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nymphalid butterfly having angular notches on the outer edges of the forewings |
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ambulacrum |
Noun
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one of the five areas on the undersurface of an echinoderm on which the tube feet are located |
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ailanthus silkworm |
Noun
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large green silkworm of the cynthia moth |
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antler moth |
Noun
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European moth with white antler-like markings on the forewings |
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army cutworm |
Noun
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larvae (of a noctuid moth) that travel in large groups and destroy grains and alfalfa in the midwestern states |
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army worm |
Noun
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noctuid moth larvae that travel in multitudes destroying especially grass and grain |
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atlas moth |
Noun
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giant saturniid moth widespread in Asia |
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arctiid |
Noun
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stout-bodied broad-winged moth with conspicuously striped or spotted wings |
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arctiid moth |
Noun
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stout-bodied broad-winged moth with conspicuously striped or spotted wings |
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abrocome |
Noun
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ratlike rodent with soft fur and large ears of the Andes |
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antelope squirrel |
Noun
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small ground squirrel of western United States |
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antelope chipmunk |
Noun
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small ground squirrel of western United States |
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aperea |
Noun
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South American cavy |
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agouti |
Noun
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agile long-legged rabbit-sized rodent of Central America and South America and the West Indies |
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abomasum |
Noun
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the fourth compartment of the stomach of a ruminant |
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artiodactyl mammal |
Noun
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placental mammal having hooves with an even number of functional toes on each foot |
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anoa |
Noun
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small buffalo of the Celebes having small straight horns |