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Dendroid, shrub-like ; having the appearance of a little tree. 



Dentate, toothed ; with acute teeth, the sides of which are equal, 

 the tip being opposite to the middle of the base. See serrate. 



Dentate-serrate, tooth-serrated; the denticulations being them- 

 selves serrated on their edges. 



Dentate-sinuate, toothed and indented. 



Denticulated, set with little teeth or notches. 



Denuded, or denudated, destitute of covering ; (wings) without 

 scales or hair. 



Dependent, hanging down. 



Depressed, pressed downward : more or less flattened vertically ; 

 the vertical diameter much shorter than the transverse diame- 

 ter. See compressed. 



Detonant, exploding ; emitting a sudden noise. 



Diaphanous, semitransparent ; clear. 



Dichotomous, forked ; dividing by pairs. 



Diffracted, bending in different directions. 



Diffuse, spreading. 



Digitate, finger-like : divided like fingers nearly to the base. 



Digitxis, the terminal joints of the tarsus and manus divided into 

 unguis and pulvillus. 



Diniidiatus, half round ; extending half way round ; (elytra) 

 covering but half the tergum. 



Dioptrate, applied to an ocellate spot, of which the pupil is di- 

 vided by a transverse line. 



Diptera, that order of insects comprehending those that have 

 only two wings. 



Difik, the surface within the margin. 



Dislocated, applied to designate a stria or line which is inter' 

 rupted in its continuity, but of which the tips at the inter- 

 rupted parts are not in a right line with each other. 



Dissilient, bursting open elastically. 



Distinct, (antennae) not united at base. 



Divaricate, straddling ; spreading out; (wings) incumbent, but 

 diverging; behind. 



Diverging, spreading out widely, so as to form nearly a right 

 angle. 



Dolahriform, hatchet-shaped; compressed with a very promi- 

 nent dilated keel and cylindrical base. See securiform. 



