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Definition of Teneral

Teneral
Teneral Ten"er*al, a. [L. tener, -eris, tender, delicate.] (Zo["o]l.) Of, pertaining to, or designating, a condition assumed by the imago of certain Neuroptera, after exclusion from the pupa. In this state the insect is soft, and has not fully attained its mature coloring.

Meaning of Teneral from wikipedia

- exoskeleton are called exuviae. After moulting, an arthropod is described as teneral, a callow; it is "fresh", pale and soft-bodied. Within one or two hours...
- structural blue with a yellow pigment. Freshly emerged adults, known as tenerals, are often pale, and obtain their typical colours after a few days. Some...
- fishes. The nymphs grow and molt, usually in dusk or dawn, into the flying teneral immature adults, whose color is not yet developed. These transform into...
- Magicicada molting Teneral adult Brood XIII Magicicada and exuviae after molting in Highland Park, Illinois near Chicago. (May 2007) Teneral adult Brood XIII...
- size. These behaviors include ****ual cannibalism, male preference for teneral females, binding the mate with silk, genital mutilation, plugging of female...
- 221 years (13 × 17), with 2024 being the first such year since 1803. A teneral cicada that has just emerged and is waiting to dry before flying away Newly...
- new integument still is soft and usually is pale, and it is said to be teneral or callow. It then undergoes a hardening and pigmentation process that...
- emerged adult fly since the pupal casing is included in the pupal weight and teneral flies often put on m**** after their first few blood meals. Two of the three...
- Brilliant emerald teneral male teneral female both Moat Pond, Thursley Common, Surrey Conservation status Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1) Global Vulnerable  (IUCN...
- subtropical or tropical moist shrubland, and intermittent rivers. Teneral male Tail (abdomen) of teneral male Immature male Tail (abdomen) of immature male Mature...