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Online Dictionary of Invertebrate Zoology: Complete Work - Best Text

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108Maggenti and Gardneraxon, axone n. [Gr. axon, axle] A long-unbranched or sparselybranched, nerve fiber, which usually conveys impulsesaway from the cell-body <strong>of</strong> its neuron.axoneme n. [Gr. axon, axle; nema, thread] The core <strong>of</strong> a ciliumor flagellum, comprising microtubles; genoneme <strong>of</strong> achromosome.axoplasm n. [Gr. axon, axle; plasma, formed or molded] Thecytoplasm or neuroplasm <strong>of</strong> an axis cylinder.azoic era A geologic era embracing the first four or five billionyears <strong>of</strong> earth history, antedating any record <strong>of</strong> organizedlife forms.azonic a. [Gr. a, without; zone, belt] Not restricted to a zoneor locality.azurophil a. [F. azur, blue; Gr. philein, to love] Having an affinityfor staining with azure-eosin combinations. see eosinophil.azygobranchiate a. [Gr. a, without; zygon, yoke; branchia,gills] Pertaining to gills or ctenidia variously reduced on oneside.azygous n. [Gr. a, without; zygon, yoke] An unpaired appendage,structure or process. azygous, azygote a.

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