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Word: hexapoda (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1939-1939
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...other hand the thrip is a pestiferous insect much disliked by orchardists in California and elsewhere. The Encyclopedia describes it as of the order of Hexapoda, has firmly chitinized cuticle, and can be recognized by the combination of imperfectly suctorial jaws. It is also habitually parthenogenetic...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, Nov. 27, 1939 | 11/27/1939 | See Source »

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