a round or circle, e.g. of development; a life cycle.
Cyclorrhapha: that section of Diptera in which the adult escapes from
the hardened pupal case by pushing off a lid or covering: see
orthorrhapha. Cyclorrhaphous: circular seamed.
Cydariform: globose, but truncated at two opposite sides.
Cylindrical: in the form of a cylinder or tube; round, elongate, of
equal diameter throughout.
Cymbiform: boat-shaped: a concave disc with elevated margin;
navicular.
Cytoplasm: the protoplasm of a cell exclusive of nucleus; the cell
body.
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Dactylus: a finger or toe: = digitus: a tarsal joint after the first one,
when that is enlarged as in bees.
Dagger mark: a marking in the form of a Greek Psi _.
Dart: a sting, or its central part.
Dash: a short disconnected streak or mark.
Dasygastres: bees with pollen-carrying structures on the abdomen.
Deaurate: of the color of gold; golden.
Deciduous: that which may be cast off or shed.
Declinate -us: a part somewhat bent, the apex downward.
Decumbent -ous: sloping gradually downward.
Decrepitans: crackling.
Decumbent: bending down at tip from an upright base.
Decurrent: closely attached to and running down another body.
Decurved: bowed downward.
Decussate: crossing at an angle: X-like: in cross pairs; or, when
bristles alternately cross each other, as in some Diptera.
Deflected: bent downward: the wings, when the inner margins lap
and the outer edges decline toward the sides.
Deflexed: abruptly bent downward.
Deformed: twisted or set in an unusual form: specifically, in
Coleoptera applied to knotted or twisted antennae as in male Meloids.
Dehiscence: the splitting of the pupal integument in the emergence of
the adult in Lepidoptera.
Dehiscent: open or standing open: separating toward the tip.
Dejectamenta: the excrement or excretion.
Delamination: the splitting or division into layers.
Deltoid: elongate triangular: resembling a Greek _ with apex
extended.
Demarcation: the bounding, laying out or limiting.
Dendritic: applied to the branched nerve cells in the mushroom bodies
of the pro-cerebrum.
Dendroid: tree or shrub-like: branching like a tree or shrub.
Dendrophagus: feeding on woody tissues.
Dendrophilous: species that live in woody tissue, or on trees.
Dens: a tooth or tooth-like process.
Dense: thickly crowded together.
Dentate: toothed: with acute teeth, the sides of which are equal and
the tip
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