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Synonyms for insect

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Synonyms for insect

small air-breathing arthropod

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a person who has a nasty or unethical character undeserving of respect

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Nijhout, Insect Hormones, Princeton University Press, Princeton, NJ, USA, 1994.
Juvenile hormone biosynthesis in insects: what is new, what do we know, and what questions remain?
Sorm [eds.], Insect Hormones and Bioanalogues, Springer, Vienna.
Comparative effects of certain IGRs on the carbohydrates of hemolymph and fat body of the desert locust, Schistocerca gregaria (Orthoptera: Acrididae)
Although such compounds do not mimic insect hormones, they prevent normal moulting of larval insects by inhibiting the chitin synthesis (Oberlander et al., 1997); however, currently, the precise mechanism of this inhibition is unknown (Cohen, 1993).
IMPACT OF TRIFLUMURON ON REPRODUCTION AND DEVELOPMENT OF RED FLOUR BEETLE, TRIBOLIUM CASTANEUM (HERBST) (COLEOPTERA: TENEBRIONIDAE)
Insect Hormones. Princeton University Press, Princeton, N.J.
Interpopulation variation in the trade-off between body-mass gain and age at oviposition in the eastern lubber grasshopper, Romalea microptera
It works by mimicking and disrupting insect hormones, Verslycke said.
Standing up for the spineless: are pesticides and other chemicals causing collateral damage in coastal waters?
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