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Online Dictionary of Invertebrate Zoology: Complete Work - Best Text

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152Maggenti and Gardnercalamus n. [L. calamus, reed] (NEMATA) The shaft <strong>of</strong> the spicule.calathiform a. [L. calathus, basket shaped, bowl-like; forma,shape] Shaped like a cup or bowl.calcanea see unguitractorcalcar n.; pl. -caria [L. calcar, spur] 1. A spur-like projection.2. (ARTHRO: Insecta) A spur- or horn-like hypertrophiedseta or spine, with roots that may be incorporated in thetegument. calcarate a.Calcarea n. [L. calcarius, <strong>of</strong> lime] A class <strong>of</strong> sponges <strong>of</strong> thePhylum Porifera, with skeleton formed <strong>of</strong> spicules <strong>of</strong> calciumcarbonate laid down as calcite; tissues unlike othersponge classes due to three grades <strong>of</strong> construction: asconoid,synconoid and leuconoid.calcareous a. [L. calcarius, <strong>of</strong> lime] Composed <strong>of</strong>, containing,or <strong>of</strong> the nature <strong>of</strong> limestone or calcium carbonate.calcariform a. [L. calcar, spur; forma, shape] Spur-like.calceolate a. [L. calceus, shoe] Slipper-shaped; oblong with acoarctate middle; calceiform; calceoliform.calceolus n.; pl. calceoli [L. dim. calceus, shoe] (ARTHRO:Crustacea) In Malacostraca, complex sensory organelles onthe antennules and accessory flagellum <strong>of</strong> amphipods.calciferous glands (ANN: Oligochaeta) Esophageal glands <strong>of</strong>earthworms, excretory in function; controls the level <strong>of</strong>certain ions in the blood, particularly calcium and carbonateions; glands <strong>of</strong> Morren.calcific a. [L. calx, lime; facere, to make] Producing lime salts.calcipala n. [L. calcis, heel; pala, shovel] (ARTHRO: Insecta) Incertain Diptera, a flattened lobe at the apex <strong>of</strong> the basitarus<strong>of</strong> the hind leg.calcospherites n.pl. [L. calx, lime; sphaera, ball] (ARTHRO:Insecta) Calcium accumulated in the adipose-bodies <strong>of</strong> larvae<strong>of</strong> phytophagous Diptera.calice n. [L. calyx, cup] (CNID) The open end <strong>of</strong> a coral skeleton.see corallite.calicle see calycle

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