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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> 143sects with an outlet short <strong>of</strong> the margin <strong>of</strong> the pygidium.breviate a. [L. brevis, short] 1. Shortened; smaller than normal.2. (ARTHRO: Insecta) Used to describe antennae thatare about the length <strong>of</strong> the head.brevicaudate a. [L. brevis, short; cauda, tail] Having a shorttail.brevilingual a. [L. brevis, short; lingua, tongue] Having ashort tongue.breviorate antennae (ARTHRO: Insecta) A term to describeantennae extending passed the head, but short <strong>of</strong> the bodylength. see brevissimate antenna.breviped a. [L. brevis, short; pes, foot] Having short legs.brevipennate a. [L. brevis, short; penna, wing] Having shortwings.brevirostrate a. [L. brevis, short; rostrum, beak] Having ashort beak or rostrum.brevissimate antennae (ARTHRO: Insecta) Antennae lengthshorter than head length.bridge n. [A.S. brycg, bridgework] 1. Chromosome arrangementat anaphase <strong>of</strong> meiosis produced from a dicentricstrand. 2. (ARTHRO: Insecta) In Odonata, a connecting wingvein.bridge cross vein (ARTHRO: Insecta) A cross vein anterior tothe bridge vein.bridging host An intermediate host that allows a parasite togo to a previously unsuitable host.bridle see frenulumbrin n. (ARTHRO: Insecta) A filament <strong>of</strong> silk <strong>of</strong> silkworms; whencoated with sericin, two adhere together, forming the bave.Brindley's gland (ARTHRO: Insecta) In certain adult Heteroptera,simple sac-like structures <strong>of</strong> the scent gland system,occurring in the hemocoele below the first visible abdominaltergite, towards the lateral margin.bristle n. [A.S. byrst, hair] Any <strong>of</strong> various stiff, coarse hairs orhairlike structures.bristle setae (NEMATA: Adenophorea) Ambulatory setae func-

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