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Online Dictionary of Invertebrate Zoology: Complete Work - Best Text

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180Maggenti and Gardnerbearing process.cephalization n. [Gr. kephale, head] The process by which thehighest degree <strong>of</strong> specialization became localized in theanterior end, or in the head, in animal development.cephaloboid a. [Gr. kephale, head; eidos, form] (NEMATA)Having the appearance <strong>of</strong> a Cephalobus nematode: anesophagus with a long, narrow anterior portion and a pearshapedvalvate basal bulb.cephalocaudal suture (ARTHRO: Insecta) In certainVespoidea, the median suture dividing the mesepisternum.cephaloconi n.pl. [Gr. kephale, head; konos, cone] (MOLL:Gastropoda) In Clionidae, a circlet <strong>of</strong> adhesive oral papillae;two or three pairs <strong>of</strong> conical buccal appendages.cephalogaster n. [Gr. kephale, head; gaster, stomach] (AR-THRO: Crustacea) A contractile organ in adult epicarideanisopods functioning in sucking blood and possibly respiration.cephalomere n. [Gr. kephale, head; meros, part] 1. Thosesegments <strong>of</strong> a metamerically segmented animal that areconsidered to be part <strong>of</strong> the head. 2. (ARTHRO: Crustacea)see cephalic somite.cephalon n.; pl. -la [Gr. kephale, head] The anterior body region;the head.cephalopharyngeal skeleton (ARTHRO: Insecta) In Diptera,articulated sclerites <strong>of</strong> the mature larva; a secondary development:mandibular sclerites, intermediate sclerite,pharyngeal sclerite, chitinized, anterior, invaginated portion<strong>of</strong> the mouth parts.cephalophorous a. [Gr. kephale, head; phoreus, bearer](MOLL) Pertaining to having a head.cephalophragma n. [Gr. kephale, head; phragma, partition](ARTHRO: Insecta) In certain Orthoptera, a v-shaped partitiondividing the head into an anterior and posterior chamber.Cephalopoda, cephalopods n.; n.pl. [Gr. kephale, head;pous, foot] A Class <strong>of</strong> Mollusca containing the squid, cuttlefish,octopus, argonaut, and spirula, with head-foot bearing

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