Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun In entomology, same as supplementary eye (which see, under supplementary).

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Examples

  • Before the burrows of _Cerceris tuberculus_ and other devourers of the weevil, and before that of the yellow-winged Sphex, the slayer of crickets, there is plenty of distraction, owing to the busy movements of the community.

    Social Life in the Insect World Jean-Henri Fabre 1869

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