Crossword-Solution: AREOLET
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| Word | Word Type | Definition |
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| Areolet | n. | A small inclosed area; esp. one of the small spaces on the wings of insects, circumscribed by the veins. |
We have 7 clues for the answer “AREOLET”
| Clue | Answers |
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| Small interstice: Zool. | 1 answer |
| Tiny area of a leaf. | 1 answer |
| Tiny interstice | 2 answers |
| Small interstice | 3 answers |
| Small space | 5 answers |
| Interstice | 8 answers |
| Small opening. | 15 answers |
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Hint 1 meaning
One who, or that which, eats.
Hint 2 anagram
EERAT
Hint 3 another clue
greedy person
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Sentences with AREOLET (5)
Wings narrow; veins complete, distinctly marked; first cubital areolet rather short, divided from the second by the oblique first cubital rim; discal areolet large, hexagonal; subanal and anal veins united at some distance from the border.
Wings moderately broad, veins rather irregular; discal areolet large, quadrilateral; externo-medial veins, subanal vein, and anal vein very slight; subanal vein and anal vein united at some distance from the border.
Head with gilded pubescence, cinereous behind and beneath; antennæ tawny, second joint above towards the tip and third joint piceous; thorax slightly covered with gilded tomentum; pectus with cinereous tomentum; abdomen with gilded tomentum towards the tip; legs tawny, femora mostly black, tibiæ with black stripes; wings cinereous, dark-brown about the costa, veinlet which bisects the subapical areolet incomplete, as it is also in the following species; halteres tawny.
Fore wings black along the costa towards the base, where there are two black points; a small black dot at the tip of the discal areolet.
Wings rather long and narrow; mediastinal, subcostal, radial and cubital veins, and median veinlet of the usual structure; 1st, 2nd and 4th externo-medial veins complete; 3rd abbreviated; subanal joining the anal at some distance from the border; discal areolet irregularly hexagonal, elongated, narrower towards the tip of the wing.
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Appears in: NYT.
Used 6 times in crossword archives (1951–1984).