Sentence examples for long abdomen from inspiring English sources

A stomatopod's long abdomen has little musculature compared to a lobster.

"It has about a four-and-a-half-inch wingspan and a really long abdomen," Dr. Abbott said.

It has a green thorax, a long abdomen of cerulean blue with a black stripe, clear wings, and bulging eyes the color of a Spanish olive.

A widely distributed group; all parasites of cockroach egg capsules; mostly 10 15 mm long; abdomen held high, thus the name ensign.

Once mated, a female dragonfly uses her long abdomen to dip her fertilised eggs below the surface of the water or inserts them into underwater vegetation.

The shrimp's rather tubular body includes a long abdomen; thick, bristly antennules extend about two-thirds the length of the body.

The macrurous (shrimplike) species, which can be as small as 1 cm (0.5 inch), have elongated bodies with long abdomens, well-developed fan tails, and often long, slender legs.

They have a 2cm-long abdomen and long legs, and are marked with a striking pattern of wavy black and yellow stripes and white bands, unlike any other large British spider.

Antennae longer than head plus thorax; 1st abdominal segment with lobelike appendages; cerci as long as abdomen, multijointed; trichobothria on antennal segments III VIII.

Antennae longer than head plus thorax; 1st abdominal segment with lobelike appendages; cerci as long as abdomen, multijointed; trichobothria (hairs) on antennal segments III VI.

Many characteristics distinguish Odonata from other groups of insects -- minute antennae, extremely large eyes (filling most of the head), two pairs of transparent membranous wings with many small veins, a long slender abdomen, an aquatic larval stage (nymph) with posterior tracheal gills, and a prehensile labium (extendible jaws underneath the head).