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from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun In embryology, the movements of the whole insect embryo within the egg.

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  • Young embryos prior to the stage of blastokinesis, larvae shortly before pupation, and fresh pupae, were most sensitive to methoprene applied to filter papers at 1 g/m2.

    Chapter 7 1994

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