eruciform
Americanadjective
Etymology
Origin of eruciform
Example Sentences
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For reasons which we will not pause here to discuss, we have always regarded the eruciform type of larva as the highest.
From Our Common Insects A Popular Account of the Insects of Our Fields, Forests, Gardens and Houses by Packard, A. S. (Alpheus Spring)
Hence the preliminary armoured and active instar is necessary in order to reach the feeding place; this journey accomplished, the eruciform condition is at once assumed.
From The Life-Story of Insects by Carpenter, George H. (George Herbert)
Most significant is the precedence of the eruciform by the campodeiform type.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 4 "Hero" to "Hindu Chronology" by Various
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
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)
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