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Online Dictionary of Invertebrate Zoology: Complete Work - Best Text

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118Maggenti and Gardnerbees n.pl. [A.S. beo, bee] (ARTHRO: Insecta) The flower-visiting,social or solitary, aculeate hymenopterous insects belongingto the superfamily Apoidea.beeswax n. [A.S. beo, bee; weax, wax] (ARTHRO: Insecta) Awax secreted by glands on the ventral surface <strong>of</strong> the abdomen<strong>of</strong> worker bees that is used in the construction <strong>of</strong>honeycombs.belemnoid a. [Gr. belemnon, javelin; eidos, form] Dartlike inshape.bell n. [A.S. belle, bell] 1. Any bell-shaped structure. 2. (CNID)a. In Hydrozoa, the umbrella <strong>of</strong> jellyfish. b. In Scyphozoa,the nectophores <strong>of</strong> siphonophores. 3. (NEMATA) The bursa.Bellonci organ see organ <strong>of</strong> Belloncibell shaped see campanulatebelonoid a. [Gr. belone, needle; eidos, form] Needle-like inshape.benthic a. [Gr. benthos, depths <strong>of</strong> sea] Pertaining to the seabottom;maybe extended to include some <strong>of</strong> the benthicanimals: crabs, snails, starfish, certain worms, clams,sponges, sea anemones, corals, bryozoans, crinoids, barnaclesand tunicates.benthopotamous a. [Gr. benthos, depths; potamos, river]Pertaining to organisms or plants living on the bottom <strong>of</strong> ariver or stream.Bergmann's rule The principal that the average body size isgeographically variable in that the animals are larger in thecooler climates <strong>of</strong> the range <strong>of</strong> a species.Berlese's organ see Ribaga's organberry n. [A.S. berie, berry] (ARTHRO: Crustacea) An egg <strong>of</strong>certain Decapoda.besomiform a. [A.S. besma, broom; L. forma, shape] Broomshaped.beta n. [Gr. beta] The second letter <strong>of</strong> the Greek alphabet ( )used to designate the second in a series, as -chlorophylland -chlorophyll.beta-chlorophyll (ARTHRO: Insecta) The chlorophyll that pro-

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