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Definition: Persian powder
Insect
\In"sect\ ([i^]n"s[e^]kt), n. [F. insecte, L. insectum,
fr. insectus, p. p. of insecare to cut in. See
Section. The
name was originally given to certain small animals, whose
bodies appear cut in, or almost divided. Cf.
Entomology.]
1. (Zo["o]l.) One of the Insecta; esp., one of the Hexapoda.
See
Insecta.
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Note: The hexapod insects pass through three stages during
their growth, viz., the larva, pupa, and imago or
adult, but in some of the orders the larva differs
little from the imago, except in lacking wings, and the
active pupa is very much like the larva, except in
having rudiments of wings. In the higher orders, the
larva is usually a grub, maggot, or caterpillar,
totally unlike the adult, while the pupa is very
different from both larva and imago and is inactive,
taking no food.
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2. (Zo["o]l.) Any air-breathing arthropod, as a spider or
scorpion.
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3. (Zo["o]l.) Any small crustacean. In a wider sense, the
word is often loosely applied to various small
invertebrates.
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4. Fig.: Any small, trivial, or contemptible person or thing.
--Thomson.
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Insect powder,a powder used for the extermination of
insects; esp., the powdered flowers of certain species of
Pyrethrum, a genus now merged in
Chrysanthemum. Called
also
Persian powder.
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Persian
\Per"sian\, a. [From Persia: cf. It. Persiano. Cf.
Parsee,
Peach,
Persic.]
Of or pertaining to Persia, to the Persians, or to their
language.
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Persian berry, the fruit of
Rhamnus infectorius, a kind
of buckthorn, used for dyeing yellow, and imported chiefly
from Trebizond.
Persian cat. (Zo["o]l.) Same as
Angora cat, under
Angora.
Persian columns (Arch.), columns of which the shaft
represents a Persian slave; -- called also
Persians. See
Atlantes.
Persian drill (Mech.), a drill which is turned by pushing a
nut back and forth along a spirally grooved drill holder.
Persian fire (Med.), malignant pustule.
Persian powder. See
Insect powder, under
Insect.
Persian red. See
Indian red
(a), under
Indian.
Persian wheel, a noria; a tympanum. See
Noria.
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