fig-insect
1fig insect — fig insect, 1. any one of various insects inhabiting the hollow interior of the immature fig. 2. a small hymenopterous insect serving as an important agent in cross pollination of the fig …
2fig wasp — a chalcid wasp, Blastophaga psenes, introduced into the U.S. from Europe, that pollinates figs, usually of the Smyrna variety. [1880 85] * * * ▪ insect also called fig insect any of about 900 species of tiny wasps responsible for… …
3Insect — In sect ([i^]n s[e^]kt), n. [F. insecte, L. insectum, fr. insectus, p. p. of insecare to cut in. See {Section}. The name was originally given to certain small animals, whose bodies appear cut in, or almost divided. Cf. {Entomology}.] 1. (Zo[… …
4Insect powder — Insect In sect ([i^]n s[e^]kt), n. [F. insecte, L. insectum, fr. insectus, p. p. of insecare to cut in. See {Section}. The name was originally given to certain small animals, whose bodies appear cut in, or almost divided. Cf. {Entomology}.] 1.… …
5Fig wasp — Taxobox name = Fig wasps |220px image caption = Blastophaga psenes regnum = Animalia phylum = Arthropoda classis = Insecta ordo = Hymenoptera subordo = Apocrita superfamilia = Chalcidoidea familia = Agaonidae subdivision ranks = Subfamilies… …
6Insect wing — Original veins and wing posture of a dragonfly. Hoverflies hovering to mate …
7fig wasp — noun : a minute insect (Blastophaga psenes) of the family Agaontidae that breeds in the caprifig and is important as the agent in the process of caprification; broadly : an insect of the family Agaontidae * * * a chalcid wasp, Blastophaga psenes …
8Coxen's Fig-Parrot — Coxen’s Fig Parrot Conservation status Endangered Scientific classification Kingdom: Animalia Phylum …
9Scale insect — Temporal range: Lower Cretaceous–recent …
10Snow insect — Snow Snow, n. [OE. snow, snaw, AS. sn[=a]w; akin to D. sneeuw, OS. & OHG. sn[=e]o, G. schnee, Icel. sn[ae]r, snj[=o]r, snaj[=a]r, Sw. sn[ o], Dan. snee, Goth. snaiws, Lith. sn[ e]gas, Russ. snieg , Ir. & Gael. sneachd, W. nyf, L. nix, nivis, Gr.… …