Biology
- Pterygium (pl Pterygia) Or Surfer?s Eye
Term: pterygium (pl pterygia) or Surfer?s EyeLiterally meaning: ?small wing?Origin: Anc Greek??????/pteron(=wing) > ???????/petomai (=fly)-????/-ygio(=suffix used for diminutives of nouns)+( -um) =latin suffix that forms singular nounsCoined/History ...
- Hemisphere
Term: hemisphereLiterally meaning: half of a sphereOrigin: Anc Greek???????????/h?misphairion(=half of a sphere)???-/hemi-(=prefix meaning ?half?)??????? /spheran(=ball, sphere)Coined /History(?)Definition (anatomy) Either of the lateral halves of the...
- Hemizygous
Term: hemizygousLiterally meaning: half double, singleOrigin: Anc Greek???-/hemi(=prefix meaning half)?????/zygos(=yoke, doubled)Coined/HistoryIn 1905 by by a British geneticist W Bateson (1861 ?1926)Definition Hemizigosity is the state of having only...
- Dragonfly Facts
Dragonflies have been around 300 million years. One prehistoric fossil had a wingspan of 2 1/2 feet! Today, the largest dragonfly is found in Costa Rica. It has a wingspan of 7 1/2 inches. Dragonfly eyes contain up to 30,000 individual lenses....
- Butterfly, Moth & Caterpillar Facts
Morpho rhetenor Butterflies and moths are found on all land masses except Antarctica. Butterflies are further divided into 30 orders, based mainly on their wing structure.Butterflies belong to, alongside with moths to an order called Lepidoptera.The...
Biology
hemiptera
Term: hemiptera
Literally meaning: half of wings
Origin: Anc Greek
???-/hemi-(=prefix meaning ?half?)
?????? /pteron(=wing)
Coined /History
The name was coined in 1758 by Linnaeus because of wings? structure, as in many Hemiptera , the basal portion of the front wing is thickened to form awing cover and the apical portion in thin while the hind wings are membranous.
Definition
(zool) Hemiptera is an order of hexapod insects collectively known as bugs that are characterized by the mouth-parts and associate modifications of the head and sternum and in the wings.
- Pterygium (pl Pterygia) Or Surfer?s Eye
Term: pterygium (pl pterygia) or Surfer?s EyeLiterally meaning: ?small wing?Origin: Anc Greek??????/pteron(=wing) > ???????/petomai (=fly)-????/-ygio(=suffix used for diminutives of nouns)+( -um) =latin suffix that forms singular nounsCoined/History ...
- Hemisphere
Term: hemisphereLiterally meaning: half of a sphereOrigin: Anc Greek???????????/h?misphairion(=half of a sphere)???-/hemi-(=prefix meaning ?half?)??????? /spheran(=ball, sphere)Coined /History(?)Definition (anatomy) Either of the lateral halves of the...
- Hemizygous
Term: hemizygousLiterally meaning: half double, singleOrigin: Anc Greek???-/hemi(=prefix meaning half)?????/zygos(=yoke, doubled)Coined/HistoryIn 1905 by by a British geneticist W Bateson (1861 ?1926)Definition Hemizigosity is the state of having only...
- Dragonfly Facts
Dragonflies have been around 300 million years. One prehistoric fossil had a wingspan of 2 1/2 feet! Today, the largest dragonfly is found in Costa Rica. It has a wingspan of 7 1/2 inches. Dragonfly eyes contain up to 30,000 individual lenses....
- Butterfly, Moth & Caterpillar Facts
Morpho rhetenor Butterflies and moths are found on all land masses except Antarctica. Butterflies are further divided into 30 orders, based mainly on their wing structure.Butterflies belong to, alongside with moths to an order called Lepidoptera.The...