| LC control no. | sh 85093534 |
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| Topical heading | Nymphs (Insects) |
| Variant(s) | Nymphae (Insects) |
| See also | Insects--Larvae |
| Found in | The Amer. Heritage dict. of the Engl. lang., via WWW, Jan. 28, 2004 (nymph 3. The larval form of certain insects, such as silverfish and grasshoppers, usually resembling the adult form but smaller and lacking fully developed wings. Also called nympha; nympha Inflected forms: pl. nymphae) Henderson's dict. of biological terms, 2000 (nymph: A juvenile form without wings or with incomplete wings in insects with incomplete metamorphosis, i.e. when the change at each moult is small and the larvae are relatively similar to the adult form) McGraw-Hill dict. of sci. and tech. terms, c2003 (nymph: Any immature larval stage of various hemimetabolic insects) |
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