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Insect vs Trophi - What's the difference?

insect | trophi |

As nouns the difference between insect and trophi

is that insect is an arthropod in the class insecta, characterized by six legs, up to four wings, and a chitinous exoskeleton while trophi is the mouthparts of an organism such as an insect or a member of the rotifera.

insect

English

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1=antenna 2=lower ocelli 3=upper ocelli 4=compound eye 5=brain 6=prothorax 7=dorsal artery 8=tracheal tubes 9=mesothorax 10=metathorax 11=first wing 12=second wing 13=midgut (stomach) 14=heart 15=ovary 16=hindgut 17=anus 18=vagina 19=nerve chord 20=Malpighian tubes 21=pillow 22=claws 23=tarsus 24=tibia 25=femur 26=trochanter 27=foregut 28=thoracic ganglion 29=coxa 30=salivary gland 31=subesophageal ganglion 32=mouthparts , detail3= }}

Noun

(en noun)
  • An arthropod in the class Insecta, characterized by six legs, up to four wings, and a chitinous exoskeleton.
  • * {{quote-magazine, year=2013, month=May-June, author= William E. Conner
    • , title= An Acoustic Arms Race , volume=101, issue=3, page=206-7, magazine=(American Scientist) , passage=Nonetheless, some insect prey take advantage of clutter by hiding in it. Earless ghost swift moths become “invisible” to echolocating bats by forming mating clusters close (less than half a meter) above vegetation and effectively blending into the clutter of echoes that the bat receives from the leaves and stems around them.}}
  • (colloquial) Any small arthropod similar to an insect including spiders, centipedes, millipedes, etc
  • A contemptible or powerless person.

    • Synonyms

    * bug (Colloquial 1,2)

    Related terms

    * insecticidal * insecticide * insectivore * insectivorous (-)

    See also

    * arachnid * arthropod * beetle * bug * chafer * coleopter * entomology * larva * worm

    External links

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    Anagrams

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    trophi

    English

    Noun

    (en-plural noun)
  • The mouthparts of an organism such as an insect or a member of the Rotifera

    • Usage notes

    In the study of various invertebrate animals, especially insects and rotifera, appendages used in feeding are called the trophi''. This is the modern Latin plural of ''trophus'', from the Greek for ''feeder , but the singular is rarely used in technical speech. Examples of trophi in an insect such as a cockroach are the labrum, mandibles, maxillae, and labium.