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Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

  1. n. The first larval stage of a stylopid insect.
  2. n. The first larval stage of the hypermetamorphic blister-beetles, or Meloïdæ. See also cut under Meloë.

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  1. n. The first-instar larva of a parasitic beetle with three claws on each foot.
  2. n. The first-instar larva of any of various other insect parasites or parasitoids with a similar life cycle.

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  • “Safely within the nest, the little 'triungulin' beetle-grub moults; the second instar has a soft cuticle and relatively shorter legs, which, as the larva, now living as a cuckoo-parasite, proceeds to gorge itself with honey, soon appear still further abbreviated.”

    The Life-Story of Insects

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