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Online Dictionary of Invertebrate Zoology: Complete Work - Best Text

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184Maggenti and Gardnerganglionic center <strong>of</strong> the brain.cerebropedal a. [L. cerebrum, brain; pes, foot] (MOLL) Pertainingto nerve strands connecting the dorsal cerebral andventral pedal ganglia.cerebropleural ganglion (MOLL: Bivalvia) A ganglion justabove the mouth.cerebrosides n.pl. [L. cerebrum, brain; F. -ide, from oxide]Phospholipids probably common to all living cells.cerebrovisceral a. [L. cerebrum, brain; viscera, viscera](MOLL) Pertaining to, or connecting the cerebral and visceralganglia.cerebrum n. [L. cerebrum, brain] 1. The primary cephalic oranterior ganglion or ganglia. 2. (ARTHRO: Insecta) The supraesophagealganglion, or brain. cerebral a.cereous a. [L. cereus, waxen] Wax-like.ceriferous a. [L. cera, wax; ferre, to carry] Bearing or producingwax.cerinula larva (CNID: Anthozoa) In Ceriantharia, pelagic larvaeresembling medusae with flagella and a circlet <strong>of</strong> marginaltentacles; many genera have been named from the pelagiclarvae but the adults and life cycle are unknown.cernuous a. [L. cernuus, facing earthward] Drooping; nodding;pendulous; having the apex more or less bent downward orinclining.cerodecyte n. [L. cera, wax; Gr. kytos, container] Oenocytes;applied to such cells because they were presumed to aid informing and conserving wax.cerotegument n. [L. cera, wax; tegumentum, covering] (AR-THRO: Chelicerata) In Acari, tegumental layers generallydistinguishable by an outer cement layer covering the lipidlayer; part <strong>of</strong> the epiostracum; part <strong>of</strong> the epicuticle; superficialepicuticular layers; tectostracum.cerulean n. [L. caeruleus, sky-blue] Azure or sky-blue.cerumen n. [L. cera, wax] (ARTHRO: Insecta) A mixture <strong>of</strong>resin and wax used for nest construction by stingless bees,and to a minor extent by Apis.

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