pair
Webster Dictionary
a single thing, composed of two pieces fitted to each other and used together; as, a pair of scissors; a pair of tongs; a pair of bellows
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dipteran
(dipterous insect, two-winged insects, dipteran, dipteron)
Princeton's WordNet
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
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dipterous insect
(dipterous insect, two-winged insects, dipteran, dipteron)
Princeton's WordNet
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
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two-winged insects
(dipterous insect, two-winged insects, dipteran, dipteron)
Princeton's WordNet
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
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dipteron
(dipterous insect, two-winged insects, dipteran, dipteron)
Princeton's WordNet
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
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pincers
(ˈpɪn sərz)
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
a gripping tool consisting of two pivoted limbs forming a pair of jaws and a pair of handles (usu. used with pair of).
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pair
Webster Dictionary
a number of things resembling one another, or belonging together; a set; as, a pair or flight of stairs. "A pair of beads." Chaucer. Beau. & Fl. "Four pair of stairs." Macaulay. [Now mostly or quite disused, except as to stairs.]
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pair
Webster Dictionary
two of a sort; a span; a yoke; a couple; a brace; as, a pair of horses; a pair of oxen
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elytrum
Webster Dictionary
one of the anterior pair of wings in the Coleoptera and some other insects, when they are thick and serve only as a protection for the posterior pair
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pair
Webster Dictionary
two things of a kind, similar in form, suited to each other, and intended to be used together; as, a pair of gloves or stockings; a pair of shoes
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dominance
(dominance)
Princeton's WordNet
the organic phenomenon in which one of a pair of alleles present in a genotype is expressed in the phenotype and the other allele of the pair is not
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centipede
(centipede)
Princeton's WordNet
chiefly nocturnal predacious arthropod having a flattened body of 15 to 173 segments each with a pair of legs, the foremost pair being modified as prehensors
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prial
Webster Dictionary
a corruption of pair royal. See under Pair, n
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law of segregation
(law of segregation)
Princeton's WordNet
members of a pair of homologous chromosomes separate during the formation of gametes and are distributed to different gametes so that every gamete receives only one member of the pair
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metathorax
(ˈθɔr əˌsiz, -ˈθoʊr-)
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
the posterior division of the thorax of an insect, bearing the third pair of legs and the second pair of wings.
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tudor arch
(ˈtu dər, ˈtyu-)
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
a four-centered arch, the inner pair of curves having a radius much greater than that of the outer pair.
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halter
(ælˈtɪər iz)
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
one of a pair of small knobbed appendages of dipterous flies, evolved from a second pair of wings and used for balance.
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mesothorax
(ˈθɔr əˌsiz, -ˈθoʊr-)
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
the middle segment of the three divisions of the thorax of an insect, bearing the second pair of legs and the first pair of wings.
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span
Webster Dictionary
a pair of horses or other animals driven together; usually, such a pair of horses when similar in color, form, and action
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decussate
(ˈkɜrvd)
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
arranged along the stem in pair.. each pair at right angles to the next pair, as leaves.
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couplet
(ˈkʌp lɪt)
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
a pair of successive lines of verse, esp. a pair the same length that rhyme.
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centipede
(ˈsɛn təˌpid)
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
any predaceous segmented arthropod of the class Chilopoda, with a pair of legs on each segment, the first pair being modified into poison fangs.
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forcipal
Webster Dictionary
forked or branched like a pair of forceps; constructed so as to open and shut like a pair of forceps
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dipteran
(ˈdɪp tər ən)
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
any insect of the order Diptera, including mosquitoes, gnats, and most flies, having one pair of wings for flying and a second pair reduced to small knobs for balancing.
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crus
Webster Dictionary
often applied, especially in the plural, to parts which are supposed to resemble a pair of legs; as, the crura of the diaphragm, a pair of muscles attached to it; crura cerebri, two bundles of nerve fibers in the base of the brain, connecting the medulla and the forebrain
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coleoptera
Webster Dictionary
an order of insects having the anterior pair of wings (elytra) hard and horny, and serving as coverings for the posterior pair, which are membranous, and folded transversely under the others when not in use. The mouth parts form two pairs of jaws (mandibles and maxillae) adapted for chewing. Most of the Coleoptera are known as beetles and weevils
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chilopoda
Webster Dictionary
one of the orders of myriapods, including the centipeds. They have a single pair of elongated legs attached laterally to each segment; well developed jaws; and a pair of thoracic legs converted into poison fangs. They are insectivorous, very active, and some species grow to the length of a foot
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complementary color
(ˌkɒm pləˈmɛn tə ri, -tri)
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
one of a pair of colors opposed to the other member of the pair on a schematic chart or scale, as green opposed to red, that when mixed tend to neutralize each other.
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parial
Webster Dictionary
see Pair royal, under Pair, n
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labium
Webster Dictionary
the organ of insects which covers the mouth beneath, and serves as an under lip. It consists of the second pair of maxillae, usually closely united in the middle line, but bearing a pair of palpi in most insects. It often consists of a thin anterior part (ligula or palpiger) and a firmer posterior plate (mentum)
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