Part 3829

<hw>En*tom"o*lite</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Gr. <?/ insect + <ets>-lite</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Paleon.)</fld> <def>A fossil insect.</def>

<h1>Entomologic, Entomological</h1> <Xpage=497>

<hw><hw>En`to*mo*log"ic</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <hw>En`to*mo*log"ic*al</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>,<hw> <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[Cf. F. <ets>entomologique</ets>.]</ety> <def>Of or relating to entomology.</def> -- <wordforms><wf>En`to*mo*log"ic*al*ly</wf>, <tt>adv.</tt></wordforms>

<h1>Entomologist</h1> <Xpage=497>

<hw>En`to*mol"o*gist</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Cf. F. <ets>entomologiste</ets>.]</ety> <def>One versed in entomology.</def>

<h1>Entomologize</h1> <Xpage=497>

<hw>En`to*mol"o*gize</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. i.</tt> <def>To collect specimens in the study of entomology.</def>

<i>C. Kingsley.</i>

<h1>Entomology</h1> <Xpage=497>

<hw>En`to*mol"o*gy</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt>; <plu>pl. <plw>Entomologies</plw> <tt>(#)</tt></plu>. <ety>[Gr. <grk>'e`ntomon</grk> insect (so called because nearly cut in two, fr. <grk>'e`ntomos</grk> cut in; <grk>'en</grk> in + <grk>te`mnein</grk> to cut) + <ets>-logy</ets>: cf. F. <ets>entomologie</ets>. See <er>In</er>, and <er>Tome</er>, and cf. <er>Insect</er>.]</ety>

<p><b>1.</b> <def>That part of zo\'94logy which treats of insects.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>A treatise on the science of entomology.</def>

<h1>Entomophaga</h1> <Xpage=497>

<hw>En`to*moph"a*ga</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt>; <plu>pl</plu>. <ety>[NL., fr. Gr. <grk>'e`ntomon</grk> an insect + <grk>fagei^n</grk> to eat.]</ety> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld>

<p><b>1.</b> <def>One of a group of hymenopterous insects whose larv\'91 feed parasitically upon living insects. See <er>Ichneumon</er>, <p><b>2.</b></def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>A group of marsupials which are partly insectivorous, as the opossum.</def>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>A group of edentates, including the ant-eaters.</def>

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<h1>Entomophagan</h1> <Xpage=498>

<hw>En`to*moph"a*gan</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>Relating to the Entomophaga.</def> -- <def2><tt>n.</tt> <def>One of the Entomophaga.</def></def2>

<h1>Entomophagous</h1> <Xpage=498>

<hw>En`to*moph"a*gous</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>Feeding on insects; insectivorous.</def>

<h1>Entomophilous</h1> <Xpage=498>

<hw>En`to*moph"i*lous</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[Gr. <?/ insect + <?/ a lover.]</ety> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>Fertilized by the agency of insects; -- said of plants in which the pollen is carried to the stigma by insects.</def>

<h1>Entomostraca</h1> <Xpage=498>

<hw>En`to*mos"tra*ca</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n. pl.</tt> <ety>[NL., fr. Gr. <?/ cut in pieces + <?/ burnt clay, the hard shell of Testacea.]</ety> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>One of the subclasses of Crustacea, including a large number of species, many of them minute. The group embraces several orders; as the Phyllopoda, Ostracoda, Copepoda, and Pectostraca. See <er>Copepoda</er>, <er>Phyllopoda</er>, and <er>Cladocera</er>.</def>

<h1>Entomostracan</h1> <Xpage=498>

<hw>En`to*mos"tra*can</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>Relating to the Entomostraca.</def> -- <def2><tt>n.</tt> <def>One of the Entomostraca.</def></def2>