(insect etc)
41hatch — hatch1 [ hætʃ ] verb 1. ) hatch or hatch out intransitive or transitive if a baby bird, fish, insect, etc. hatches or is hatched, it comes out of its egg and is born: Eleven chicks have been hatched since July. Mosquito larvae are hatching in the …
42take wing — phrasal : to begin flight : depart swiftly : fly away * * * (of a bird, insect, or other winged creature) fly away * * * take wing : to begin to fly The ducks took wing and flew away. often used figuratively Let your imagination take wing and… …
43egg — egg1 [eg] n. [ME < ON, replacing native ey < OE æg, akin to Ger ei (pl. eier), prob. < IE base * owjom , * ojom , of a bird (> L ovum, Gr ōion) < * awei , bird (> L avis)] 1. the oval or round body laid by a female bird, fish,… …
44propagate — prop|a|gate [ˈprɔpəgeıt US ˈpra: ] v formal [Date: 1500 1600; : Latin; Origin: , past participle of propagare to breed plants from shoots , from propago shoot from which a new plant is produced ] 1.) [T] formal to spread an idea, belief etc to… …
45shed — shed1 noun a simple roofed structure, typically of wood and used for storage or to shelter animals. ↘a larger structure, typically with one or more sides open, for storing vehicles or machinery. ↘Austral./NZ a building for shearing sheep or… …
46pre-emergent — /pri əˈmɜdʒənt/ (say pree uh merjuhnt) adjective 1. applied before the emergence of a pest, as a weed, fungus, insect, etc., so as to eliminate the pest quickly before it can damage a crop, lawn, etc. –noun 2. an agent, as a herbicide or… …
47strigose — adj. 1 (of leaves etc.) having short stiff hairs or scales. 2 (of an insect etc.) streaked, striped, or ridged. Etymology: L striga swath, furrow …
48Ephemeral — E*phem er*al, n. Anything lasting but a day, or a brief time; an ephemeral plant, insect, etc. [1913 Webster] …
49mavis — Song Song (s[o^]ng; 115), n. [AS. song, sang, fr. singan to sing; akin to D. zang, G. sang, Icel. s[ o]ngr, Goth. saggws. See {Sing}.] 1. That which is sung or uttered with musical modulations of the voice, whether of a human being or of a bird,… …
50Melospiza fasciata — Song Song (s[o^]ng; 115), n. [AS. song, sang, fr. singan to sing; akin to D. zang, G. sang, Icel. s[ o]ngr, Goth. saggws. See {Sing}.] 1. That which is sung or uttered with musical modulations of the voice, whether of a human being or of a bird,… …
