A dictionary of entomology

This fully updated new edition of the Reference Reviews Top Ten Print Reference Source 2004 is a comprehensive, fully cross-referenced collection of terms, names and phrases used in entomology, incorporating an estimated 43,000 definitions. It is the only listing which covers insect anatomy, behavio...

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Main Authors: Gordh, Gordon (Author), Headrick, David (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Wallingford, Oxfordshire ; Cambridge, Massachusetts : CABI , c2011
Edition:2nd ed
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