Word Meanings - COLEOPTERA - Book Publishers vocabulary database

An order of insects having the anterior pair of wings (elytra) hard and horny, and serving as coverings for the posterior pair, which are membranous, and folded transversely under the others when not in use. The mouth parts form two pairs of jaws (mandibles and maxillae) adapted for chewing. Most of the Coleoptera are known as beetles and weevils.

• Mouthing
  of Mouth
• Undergrove
  A grove of shrubs or low trees under taller ones.
• Understrapper
  A petty fellow; an inferior agent; an underling.
• Orderlies
  of Orderly
• Underjoin
  To join below or beneath; to subjoin.
• Undertenancy
  Tenancy or tenure under a tenant or lessee; the tenure of an undertenant.
• Server
  One who serves.
• Underlip
  The lower lip.
• Underween
  To undervalue.
• Servitute
  Servitude.
• Undern
  The time between; the time between sunrise and noon; specifically, the third hour of the day, or nine o'clock in the morning, according to ancient reckoning; hence, mealtime, because formerly the principal meal was eaten at that hour; also, later,
• Underyoke
  To subject to the yoke; to make subject.
• Underbrace
  To brace, fasten, or bind underneath or below.
• Underplay
  To play in a subordinate, or in an inferior manner; to underact a part.
• SERVOMOTOR
  A relay apparatus; specif.: (a) An auxiliary motor, regulated by a hand lever, for quickly and easily moving the reversing gear of a large marine engine into any desired position indicated by that of the hand lever, which controls the valve of the moto
• Adaptness
  Adaptedness.
• Undercoat
  A coat worn under another; a light coat, as distinguished from an overcoat, or a greatcoat.
• Underrun
  To run or pass under; especially (Naut.), to pass along and under, as a cable, for the purpose of taking it in, or of examining it.
• Folded
  of Fold
• Underdolven
  p. p. of Underdelve.

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