Helpful Insect

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Updated: October 10, 2023

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	noun • predacious long-bodied large-eyed insect of warm regions; rests with forelimbs raised as in prayer
	30%	8		Insect helpful for biological control
	noun • Any of the parasitic wasps of the family Braconidae.
	21%	7		Girl turned on insect - insect bit
	noun • an electrical device that sends or receives radio or television signals • sensitivity similar to that of a receptor organ • one of a pair of mobile appendages on the head of e.g. insects and crustaceans; typically sensitive to touch and taste

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New York Times16 May 1977	Down 10
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