1
He darted forward and laid hold of the mantis' wing case like a bulldog.
2
When she landed she still had the gecko hanging grimly to her wing case.
3
To my astonishment I saw that they all had bright purple mouths, the rich, royal purple of a summer beetle's wing case.
4
What Anton's essay did was to synthesize and intellectualize the right- wing case against democracy and marshal it on behalf of the Republican party presidential nominee.
5
His dæmon, a large and iridescent green-backedbeetle, clicked her wing cases.
6
Now they could see the feathers and wing cases that made up its pelt.
7
I would admire the strong, ribbed wing cases, the bristly legs, the whole body with a faint olive green sheen.
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It contains fragments of the wing cases of insects, and gives reactions similar to the bituminous mineral or substance found in Victoria.
9
The thorax is smooth, the wing cases large, folded under the body like a scarf and coming almost to the middle of the abdomen.
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The word barnabee or burnabee, or, as Southey writes it, burnie-bee, no doubt has reference to the burnished or polished wing cases of the insect.
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Its wing cases were erect, like a ladybird's about to fly, and the wings inside were beating so furiously that they were only a blur.