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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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