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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> 165carinal margin (ARTHRO: Crustacea) In thoracic barnacles, theedge <strong>of</strong> any plate adjacent to the carina, and occludingwith the carinal margin <strong>of</strong> the opposed tergum.carinate a. [L. carina, keel] 1. Ridged or keeled; furnished withraised lines or ridges. 2. Possessing a carina. 3. (ARTHRO:Crustacea) In Conchostraca, a valve bearing rib(s). seeratite.cariniform a. [L. carina, keel; forma, shape] Keel-shaped;tropeic.carinolateral n. [L. carina, keel; lateralis, <strong>of</strong> the side] (AR-THRO: Crustacea) One <strong>of</strong> a pair <strong>of</strong> compartmental plates <strong>of</strong>balanomorph barnacles, usually overlapping the carina oneach side, with the radius on the carinal side and the ala onthe lateral side; the carinal latus <strong>of</strong> lepadomorphs.carious a. [L. caries, decay] Decayed; having surface depressions;corroded.carminate, carminated a. [Ar. qirmiz, deep red] Mixed orstained with carmine.carmine n. [Ar. qirmiz, deep red] A crimson dye derived fromthe cocineal insect Coccus cacti that is used as a histologicalstain.carneous a. [L. carnosus, fleshy] Resembling flesh in color orsubstance.carnivore n. [L. carnis, flesh; vorare, to devour] A flesh eater,i.e., an animal preying on other animals or feeding on theirflesh.carnivorous a. [L. carnis, flesh; vorare, to devour] Eating orliving on flesh or other animals.carnosan n. [L. carnis, flesh] (BRYO) Those autozooids buddeddirectly from other autozooids, or alternate with othergroups <strong>of</strong> kenozooids.carnose a. [L. carnosus, fleshy] Pertaining to a s<strong>of</strong>t, fleshysubstance.Carolinian Faunal Area The humid division <strong>of</strong> the Upper Australzone, including much <strong>of</strong> the eastern United States fromsouthern New England to Georgia, and extending west tothe 100th meridian.

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