- perfect insect
- perfect insect nounThe imago or completely developed form of an insect• • •Main Entry: ↑perfect
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perfect — I. adjective Etymology: Middle English parfit, from Anglo French, from Latin perfectus, from past participle of perficere to carry out, perfect, from per thoroughly + facere to make, do more at do Date: 14th century 1. a. being entirely without… … New Collegiate Dictionary
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Andrew Crosse — (June 17 1784 July 6, 1855) was a British amateur scientist who was born and died at Fyne Court, Broomfield, Somerset.cite book |title=Portrait of the Quantocks |last=Waite |first=Vincent |authorlink= |coauthors= |year=1964 |publisher=Robert Hale … Wikipedia
larva — The word for an insect in the grub state represents the identical Latin word meaning ghost. The term was introduced by the 18th century Swedish botanist Linnaeus, on the grounds that the future perfect insect is only dimly recognizable in this … The Hutchinson dictionary of word origins
