Word: noxious
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...house is being constructed at Cornell University which will be used to make a study of all noxious insects...
...winged condition. Butterflies do not lay caterpillars, as thought by some. Metamorphoses from egg to adult take place at least once a year; some species go through as many as eight generations in a year. Mimickry is not uncommon among butterflies. There is a species which is noxious in taste to birds; their form is mimicked in color by a second form, and this one is again mimicked by a third species. Other forms of mimicry are in the resemblance of certain caterpillars to the excrement of birds; the rolling of leaves by caterpillars so as to resemble buds...
...maintaining their natural liberty. Professors should not be responsible for the manners of students beyond the legitimate operation of their personal influence. Academic jurisdiction should have no criminal code, should inflict no penalty but that of expulsion, and that only in the way of self-defence against positively noxious and dangerous members...