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Week 25 Vocabulary
Vocab from A Laconic answer and Beetles
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Literature
2nd Grade
02/25/2012

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laconic
Definition
Spartan reputation for terseness of speech; involving the use of minimum words
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united
Definition
made one
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habit
Definition
a particular custom, practice, or usage
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briefly
Definition
of short duration
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utterance
Definition
something spoken; a word spoken
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elytra
Definition
one of the pair of hardened forewings of certain insects as beetles forming a protective covering for posterior or flight wings
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metamorphosis
Definition
the series of changes certain animals go through as they develop from eggs to adult
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larva
Definition
the immature, wingless feeding stage of an insect that undergoes complete metamorphosis
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pupa
Definition
an insect at the stage of development between a larva and an adult
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mandibles
Definition
one of the first pair of mouthpart appendages usually jawlike in piercing and sucking species
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