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Online Dictionary of Invertebrate Zoology: Complete Work - Best Text

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<strong>Online</strong> <strong>Dictionary</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>Invertebrate</strong> <strong>Zoology</strong> 139sil histories in the animal kingdom.brachitaxis n.; pl. -taxes [Gr. brachium, arm; taxis, arrangement](ECHINOD: Crinoidea) A series <strong>of</strong> brachials extendingfrom radial or biradial to the distal extremity <strong>of</strong> thearm.brachium see brachiabrachycerous a. [Gr. brachys, short; keras, horn] Bearingshort antennae.brachydactyly n. [Gr. brachys, short; daktylos, digit] Abnormallyshort digits.brachymeiosis n. [Gr. brachys, short; meiosis, to makesmaller] Meiosis with the second meiotic division omitted.brachypleural a. [Gr. brachys, short; pleuron, side] (ARTHRO:Insecta) Pertaining to shortened pleura or side plates.brachypodous a. [Gr. brachys, short; pous, foot] Bearing ashort stalk or legs.brachypterous a. [Gr. brachys, short; pteron, wing] (ARTHRO:Insecta) Having short or abnormally short wings that donot cover the abdomen. see macropterous.brachypterous neoteinic see nymphoid reproductivebrachyptery see brachypterousbrachystomatous a. [Gr. brachys, short; stoma, mouth] (AR-THRO: Insecta) Having a short proboscis, as certain Diptera.brachytrachea n.; pl. -eae [Gr. brachys, short; tracheia,windpipe] (ARTHRO: Chelicerata) In Acari, an elongate, saclikestructure, sometimes branched, that functions in respiration.brachyurous a. [Gr. brachys, short; oura, tail] Having a reducedabdomen; having a short tail.braconid venom gland (ARTHRO: Insecta) A type <strong>of</strong> venomgland where numerous gland tubes end basically in thereservoir that has muscles but no glandular elements. seeapid venom gland.bract n. [L. bractea, small leaf] (CNID: Hydrozoa) A protectivemedusoid (hydrophyllium or phyllozooid) siphonophoran

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