Online Dictionary of Invertebrate Zoology: Complete Work - Best Text

Online Dictionary of Invertebrate Zoology 93tions, an object or individual.aspection n. [L. aspicere, to look at] Seasonal succession ofecological phenomena.asperate a. [L. asperare, to roughen] Referring to having arough and uneven surface.asperity n.; pl. -ties [L. asperare, to roughen] 1. Roughnessof surface. 2. (ARTHRO: Insecta) Spinelike structures arrangedin rows or confined to specific areas; sculpturings ordotlike elevations.asperous a. [L. dim. asper, rough] (MOLL) Used to denote verydistinct elevated dots, more uneven than scabrous; roughto the touch.asperulous a. [L. dim. asper, rough] Slightly rough.asphyxia n. [Gr. an, without; sphyzein, pulse, respiration]Suffocation; suspended animation or apparent death resultingfrom a deficiency of oxygen. asphyxial a.asphyxiation n. [Gr. an, without; sphyzein, pulse, respiratrion;L. -tion, denotes act] Act of causing axphysia; suffocation.aspidium n. [Gr. aspidion, a little shield] A drug used for theexpulsion of tapeworms obtained from male Dryopterisfilix-mas ferns from which it is extracted as oleoresin of aspidium.aspidosoma n. [Gr. aspis, shield; soma, body] (ARTHRO: Chelicerata)In Acari, the dorsal region bordered laterally by theabjugal furrow that may be indistinct or incomplete, posteriorlyby the disjugal furrow, and anteriorly by the circumcapitularfurrows.asplanchnic a. [Gr. an, without; splanchnon, entrail] Pertainingto the lack of an alimentary canal.asporogenic a. [Gr. an, without; spora, seed; genes, producing]Pertaining to not producing or bearing spores. asporousa.assemblage n. [L. assimulare, to bring together] A collectionof organisms, or particular things.assembly n.; pl. -lies [L. assimulare, to bring together] Anassemblage of organisms; the smallest community recog-