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VIRGINE [4 records]

Record 1 2021-10-28

English

Subject field(s)
  • Seed Plants (Spermatophyta)
Universal entry(ies)
OBS

A plant of the family Boraginaceae.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Plantes à graines (Spermatophyta)
Entrée(s) universelle(s)
OBS

Plante de la famille Boraginaceae.

Spanish

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Record 2 1984-05-28

English

Subject field(s)
  • Insects, Centipedes, Spiders, and Scorpions

French

Domaine(s)
  • Insectes, mille-pattes, araignées et scorpions
CONT

pucerons femelles aptères (dépourvues d’ailes) que l’on qualifie de virgines aptères.

Spanish

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Record 3 1984-03-06

English

Subject field(s)
  • Jewellery
  • Goldsmithing and Silversmithing

French

Domaine(s)
  • Joaillerie et bijouterie
  • Orfèvrerie et argenterie

Spanish

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Record 4 1978-07-10

English

Subject field(s)
  • Microbiology and Parasitology
  • Insects, Centipedes, Spiders, and Scorpions
DEF

One of the polymorphic types of some plant lice; specif. an apterous parthenogenetic female derived from a parthenogenetic parent.

OBS

Plural is virginoparae.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Microbiologie et parasitologie
  • Insectes, mille-pattes, araignées et scorpions
DEF

Femelle parthénogénétique.

CONT

Les fondatrices, toujours aptères, sont des femelles parthénogénétiques douées d’une très grande fécondité qui vont engendrer de nouvelles femelles parthénogénétiques appelées virgines et constituer la génération responsable des galles en forme d’ananas provoquées par les piqûres du parasite.

Spanish

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