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ich is supplied with a single gland whose opening is at the tip. Glandular: having the character or function of a gland: used as descriptive of specialized hairs, spines or other processes. Glassy: transparent; glass-like in appearance. Glaucus: shining sea-green: whitish blue inclining to gray lavender. Globose: formed like a globe or sphere. Globulin; an albumenoid proteid compound formed in the blood of insects. Glochis: a barbed point. Glomerate: congregated or massed together. Glossa: the inner lobe of second maxilla, corresponding to the lacing of first maxilla: loosely used as a synonym for tongue: especially applied to the coiled structure of the Lepidoptera; see also ligula. Glossarium: Diptera; the labrum-epipharynx; q.v. Glossata: a Fabrician term for Lepidoptera. Glossate: furnished with a spiral tongue. Glossotheca: that part of the pupa which covers the tongue. Glutinose -ous: slimy; viscid. Gnathal: relating or pertaining to the jaws. Gnathite: a jaw or jaw-like appendage; in the plural, the mouth parts. Gnathochilarium: a plate formed by the labial structures. Gnathopoda: the arthropods: the first pair of legs; especially applied in crustaceans: mouth feet. Goffered: a surface with regular impressions, closely set, and separated by narrow ridges: reticulated. Gonapophyses: three pairs of processes in the Orthoptera, one arising from the eighth and two from the ninth abdominal segment op the ventral surface. They appear to = the rhabdites composing the ovipositor of other insects. Gonyodon: a tooth-like articulated process at the apex of the femur in some Noctuidae. Gonytheca: articulating surface of femur to which the tibia is joined. Gorgeret: the barbed sting of the honey bee. Gracile: slender; graceful. Gradate -vim: one grade or step at a time: to arrange in a series: to blend so as to merge one into the other - e.g. colors. Gradate veins: a transverse series of veins, each before or beyond the next. Grammineus: grass-green [apple green]. Granose: like a string of beads; moniliform. Granulated: covered with small grains. Granule: a little grain or grain-like elevation. Granulose: roughened with granules or made up of distinct grains. Gregarious: living in societies or communities; but not social. Grege: raw silk, including the gummy outer layer, as spun by a caterpillar. Gres: the gummy layer surrounding the silk thread spun
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