eruciform
/ih-roo-suh-fawrm/US // ɪˈru səˌfɔrm //
漩涡状,啮齿状,啮合状,麦角形
Definitions
adj.形容词 adjective
- 1
- : having the physical characteristics of a caterpillar.
Examples
Pre-eruciform: before the caterpillar stage: specifically applied to the early larvae of some Proctytrypidae.
For reasons which we will not pause here to discuss, we have always regarded the eruciform type of larva as the highest.
Most significant is the precedence of the eruciform by the campodeiform type.
Larva campodeiform, usually feeding by suction (exceptionally hypermetamorphic with subsequent eruciform instars).
Larvae eruciform, with rarely more than five pairs of abdominal prolegs.
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