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| the gap between two nerve cells where there is an exchange of neurotransmitters. |
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| the study of the classification of organisms and also their historical relationships. |
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| a member of a parasitoid family of Diptera. |
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| the last segment of an insect's leg (analogous to the foot). |
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| a category of classification (kingdom, phylum, class, order, family, genus, species). |
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| the science of naming organisms. |
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| in free fall, the point at which a falling body experiences no acceleration. |
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| Trachea (plural=tracheae) |
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| a tube lined with integument that carries air within the insects' body. |
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| within an experiment, conditions which are applied to a test subject. |
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| Tympanum (plural =tympana) |
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| a type of mechanoreceptor that responds to sound waves, in the form of a membrane that is stretched like the top of a drum. |
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| a disease caused by the spirochete Rickettsia prowazeckii and vectored by the human body louse. |
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| having one generation per year. |
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| an organism which has the potential to transfer an infectious agent into another organism. |
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| the remnant of what once was; the vestige of an appendage. |
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| the inner membrane of an egg, which underlies the chorion. |
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| referring to the number of generations per year. |
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| Arabic word for a swale that collects water after a rain. |
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| the developing wings of insect nymphs.PPSC 110-People, Pests and Plagues |
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| a female honeybee whose reproductive organs are undeveloped. |
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| a viral disease vectored by mosquitoes in the genus Aedes. |
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| the part of the egg which nourished the developing embryo, consisting primarily of lipids. |
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| a cell resulting from the union of sperm and egg. |
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