nurseling
Americannoun
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In both cases the new diet was accepted without hesitation, a proof that it suited the nurseling; but in a day or two putrescence supervened and the Scolia perished on the fetid morsel.
From More Hunting Wasps by Teixeira de Mattos, Alexander
The first idea that presents itself and the only one, I think, that can present itself is that the larva, the carnivorous nurseling, has its preferences, or we had better say its exclusive tastes.
From More Hunting Wasps by Teixeira de Mattos, Alexander
The pile of honey laboriously gathered by the mother will not even be broken in upon by the nurseling for which it was intended.
From The Mason-Bees by Teixeira de Mattos, Alexander
As hereditary taints and hereditary virtues are reproduced in the mortal babe, we shall find definite traces of our earthly individuality in the heavenly nurseling.
From Jessamine A Novel by Harland, Marion
But digestion took place a year ago; and since that distant epoch, the nurseling, now an adult insect, has changed its shape, its dwelling, its mode of life.
From The Mason-Bees by Teixeira de Mattos, Alexander
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