Online Dictionary of Invertebrate Zoology: Complete Work - Best Text

Online Dictionary of Invertebrate Zoology 169cataplasia n. [Gr. kata, down; plastos, to spread over] Regressivechange or decline; reversion to a more primitivecharacter.cataplasmic a. [Gr. kataplassein, to spread over] Irregulargalls caused by parasites or other factors.catapleurite see coxopleuritecataplexy n. [Gr. kata, down; plessein, to strike] Feigningdeath. see catalepsy.catastrophism n. [Gr. katastrophe, overturning] Cuvier's explanationof geological catastrophies resulting in the existenceof fossil faunas.catatrepsis see katatrepsiscatena n.; pl. -nabe [L. catena, chain] (ARTHRO: Insecta) Inmale Lepidoptera, a series of longitudinal scale-like dentationson a membranous plate, covering the proximal part ofthe aedeagus of Anophia. see cornuti.catenation n. [L. catena, chain] An arrangement, connectionor succession in a regular series; a chain.cateniform see catenulatecatenulate a. [L. dim. catena; chain] In chainlike form; colormarkings or indentation on butterfly wings, or shells.catenuliform a.caterpillar n. [LL. cattus, cat; pilosus, hairy] (ARTHRO: Insecta)An eruciform larva; the wormlike larva of a butterfly,moth, sawfly or scorpionfly.cation n. [Gr. kata, down; ienai, to go] Any ion bearing a positivecharge. cationic a. see anion.catoprocess n. [Gr. kata, down; L. processus, go forward](ARTHRO: Insecta) The lowest process of each half of theanal segment; subanal lobe; subanal appendage.cauda n. [L. cauda, tail] A tail or tail-like appendage; extensionof the anal segment, or appendage terminating the abdomen.caudad adv. [L. cauda, tail; ad, toward] Toward the tail regionor posterior end of the body. see cephalad.caudal a. [L. cauda, tail] Pertaining to a tail or tail-like ap-