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Online Dictionary of Invertebrate Zoology 105auxiliaries n.pl. [L. auxilium, aid] (ARTHRO: Insecta) In Hymenoptera,potential queen bees (gynes) that, in associationwith a queen, become workers. see gyne.auxilia n.; pl. -lae [L. auxilium, aid] (ARTHRO: Insecta) Smallplates between the unguitractor and the claws; thebasipulvilli.auxiliary a. [L. auxilium, aid] Referring to that which supplements,aids or supports.auxiliary vein (ARTHRO: Insecta) In Diptera, the subcostal veinanterior to the radius.auxoautotroph n. [Gr. auxein, to increase; autos, self; trophe,nourishment] Any organism capable of synthesizingthe growth substances required in its development. seeauxoheterotroph.auxocyte n. [Gr. auxein, to increase; kytos, container] Anygerm cell in the growth period, during which snyapsis andtetrad formation occur.auxoheterotroph n. [Gr. auxein, to increase; heteros, other;trophe, nourishment] Any organism that is incapable ofsynthesizing the growth substances required in its development.auxotroph n. [Gr. auxein, to increase; trophe, nourishment]Nutritionally dependent cells, individuals or strains whosegrowth depends on a specific nutrient in addition to theirbasic food medium.avesiculate a. [Gr. a, without; L. vesicula, small bladder](ANN) a. Referring to a genital system without seminalvesicles. b. Refers to a nephridium without a bladder.avicular a. [L. dim. avis, bird] Beak-like.avicularium n.; pl. -ria [L. dim. avis, bird] (BRYO) An enlargedpedunculate operculum of polymorphs, resembling a bird'sbeak and more intricately reinforced than those of ordinaryfeeding autozooids.aviculoid a. [L. dim. avis, bird; Gr. eidos, form] Having winglikeprojections.axenic a. [Gr. a, without; xenos, guest] Without, or free fromassociated organisms; aseptic. see xenic, dixenic, mon-