Plant-eating
121tardigrade — /tahr di grayd /, n. 1. Also called bear animalcule, water bear. any microscopic, chiefly herbivorous invertebrate of the phylum Tardigrada, living in water, on mosses, lichens, etc. adj. 2. belonging or pertaining to the phylum Tardigrada. 3.… …
122endocrine system — Group of ductless glands that secrete hormones necessary for normal growth and development, reproduction, and homeostasis. The major endocrine glands are the hypothalamus, pituitary, thyroid, islets of Langerhans, adrenals, parathyroids, ovaries …
123carotene — A class of carotenoids, yellow red pigments (lipochromes) widely distributed in plants and animals, notably in carrots, and closely related in structure to the xanthophylls and lycopenes and to the open chain squalene; of particular interest in… …
124Coccus adonidum — mealybug meal y*bug , mealy bug mealy bug (m[=e]l [y^]*b[u^]g ), n. (Zo[ o]l.), Any of several homopteran scale insects (as, {Coccus adonidum}, and related species of the families {Pseudococcidae} and {Eriococcidae}), that cover themselves with a …
125Doryphora — Do*ryph o*ra, n. [NL. See {Doryphoros}.] (Zo[ o]l.) A genus of plant eating beetles, including the potato beetle. See {Potato beetle}. [1913 Webster] || …
126Lamellicornes — Lamellicornia La*mel li*cor ni*a, n. pl. [NL. See {Lamellicorn}.] (Zo[ o]l.) A group of lamellicorn, plant eating beetles; called also {Lamellicornes}. [1913 Webster] …
127Lamellicornia — La*mel li*cor ni*a, n. pl. [NL. See {Lamellicorn}.] (Zo[ o]l.) A group of lamellicorn, plant eating beetles; called also {Lamellicornes}. [1913 Webster] …
128mealy bug — mealybug meal y*bug , mealy bug mealy bug (m[=e]l [y^]*b[u^]g ), n. (Zo[ o]l.), Any of several homopteran scale insects (as, {Coccus adonidum}, and related species of the families {Pseudococcidae} and {Eriococcidae}), that cover themselves with a …
