Birastrop

Birastrops, also spelled Birostrop, (PROSE: ) were a race of short insectoid beings. They had six spindly arms and a chitinous carapace which they could shed at will. Birastrop morality allowed killing for medical research. (PROSE: )
Birastrop lungs were capable of safely breathing in cyanide. Dr Mehendri Solon obtained Birastrop lungs and put them in Morbius's new body, (TV: ) along with a Birastrop posterior. (PROSE: )
When Scratchman summoned an army of creatures from the Fourth Doctor's memories, the scarecrow replica of the Third Doctor recognised a Birostrop among them, believing they had gone extinct. (PROSE: )
Category:Sapient insect species