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Insect Vocabulary List & Definitions

 

angiosperm

Any plant that has its seeds in a fruit or ovary.
compound eye The eye of some arthropods that is composed of many visual units.
exoskeleton The hard covering on the outside that protects or supports the body.
insect Any group of small animals having no backbone and three parts to their body.
nectar A liquid that is sweet, found in many flowers that attracts insects and birds.
pollen A powder that is yellow, that forms in flowers.
thorax The second part of the three main sections found in insects and other arthropods, found between the head and abdomen.
abdomen Last of the three parts of an insect's and other arthropods body.
cocoon The silky enclosure spun by caterpillars that they live in while they're turning into adult insects.
chrysalis The stage of caterpillars, moths, and other insects that is between the larva and the adult stage.

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