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Definition of Osmeteria
1. osmeterium [n] - See also: osmeterium
Lexicographical Neighbors of Osmeteria
Literary usage of Osmeteria
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. An Introduction to Entomology by John Henry Comstock (1920)
"The most familiar examples of osmeteria are those of the larvas of the swallow-tailed
... osmeteria are present in the larvas of certain blue butterflies, ..."
2. A Text-book of Entomology: Including the Anatomy, Physiology, Embryology and by Alpheus Spring Packard (1898)
"... is a pair of lateral osmeteria, on the 1st and on the 7th abdominal segments,
... homologues of the osmeteria of larvae of other lepidopterous families. ..."
3. Applied Entomology; an Introductory Text-book of Insects in Their Relations by Henry Torsey Fernald (1921)
"Such structures are called osmeteria and give off a disagreeable, pungent odor,
and are probably to drive away enemies which may attack them. ..."
4. Les Insectes: Morphologie by Louis Félix Henneguy (1904)
"... n» t lie osmeteria of Papilio asterias, which he regards as an odoriferous
ami defensive, rather than tactile, organ. 1891. ..."
5. Nature Sketches in Temperate America: A Series of Sketches and a Popular by Joseph Lane Hancock (1911)
"All the caterpillars of the swallow-tail butterflies have osmeteria or scent
organs that are thrust out during excitement. The volatile substance which is ..."
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