eruciform
Americanadjective
Etymology
Origin of eruciform
Example Sentences
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The caddis-larva is as a rule of the eruciform type, but with well-developed thoracic legs, and with hook-like tail-appendages; by means of the latter it anchors itself to the extremity of its curious 'house.'
From The Life-Story of Insects by Carpenter, George H. (George Herbert)
Larvae eruciform, with rarely more than five pairs of abdominal prolegs.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 4 "Hero" to "Hindu Chronology" by Various
In all the remaining orders of the Endopterygota the larva is eruciform or vermiform.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 4 "Hero" to "Hindu Chronology" by Various
Such larvae as these latter are examples of the type called eruciform by A. S.
From The Life-Story of Insects by Carpenter, George H. (George Herbert)
Larva eruciform, with seven or eight pairs of abdominal prolegs, or entirely legless.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 4 "Hero" to "Hindu Chronology" by Various
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