• (a.) Of, pertaining to, or designating, a condition assumed by the imago of certain Neuroptera, after exclusion from the pupa. In this state the insect is soft, and has not fully attained its mature coloring.
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a newly emerged adult insect, with a soft integument
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Newly emerged adult arthropod that is soft and weak.
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Ten'er·al adjective [ Latin
tener ,
- eris , tender, delicate.]
(Zoology) Of, pertaining to, or designating, a condition assumed by the imago of certain Neuroptera, after exclusion from the pupa. In this state the insect is soft, and has not fully attained its mature coloring.
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the state of an insect immediately after moulting. At this time the insect's exoskeleton has not hardened and it may be pale in colour.
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