The Strepsiptera (known in older literature as twisted-winged parasites) are an order of insects with nine families making up about 600 species. The early stage larvae and the short-lived adult males are free-living but most of their life is spent as endoparasites inside other insects such as bees, wasps, leafhoppers, silverfish, and cockroaches. (from Wikipedia)
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(a.) Containing, or full of, worms; resembling worms.
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In a solvent a molecule is often more accurately described existing in a cage of solvent molecules, the so-called solvent cage. (from Wikipedia)
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The Strepsiptera (known in older literature as twisted-winged parasites) are an order of insects with nine families making up about 600 species. The early stage larvae and the short-lived adult males are free-living but most of their life is spent as endoparasites inside other insects such as bees, wasps, leafhoppers, silverfish, and cockroaches. (from Wikipedia)
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