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Online Dictionary of Invertebrate Zoology: Complete Work - Best Text

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202Maggenti and Gardnercilium sing. <strong>of</strong> ciliacimier n. [Sp. cim(a), peak] (ARTHRO: Insecta) The head crest<strong>of</strong> the pierid butterfly chrysalis.cincinnulus see retinaculumcinclides n.pl.; sing. cinclis [Gr. kinklis, latticed gate] (CNID:Anthozoa) In Actinaria, permanent or temporary perforations<strong>of</strong> the columnar body wall that permit the extrusion <strong>of</strong>water or acontia.cinct a. [L. cinctum, girdle] Belted, girdled or encircled.cinereous a. [L. cinereus, ash colored] Ash-gray, ashen, orhaving the color <strong>of</strong> wood ashes.cingulum n. [L. cingulum, girdle] 1. Any band or girdle-likestructure. 2. (ANN) The clitellum. 3. (MOLL) The coloredbands or spiral ornamentation on certain univalve shells. 4.(ROTIF) The outer ciliary band <strong>of</strong> the coronal disc. cingulatea.circadian a. [L. circum, about; dies, day] Pertaining to ametabolic or behavorial phenomena in living organisms atabout twenty-four hour intervals; circadian rhythm; diurnalrhythm.circa-equatorial About the equator; around or near the middle.circinate a. [Gr. kerkos, circle] Ring-shaped; spirally rolled.circlet n. [Gr. kerkos, circle] A small circle; a ring.circomyarian n. [Gr. kerkos, circle; mys, muscle] A musclecell in which contractile fibrils completely surround the sarcoplasm.see platymyarian, coelomyarian.circular muscle layer 1. The outermost muscular layer. 2.(BRYO: Phylactolaemata) In the body, the outer <strong>of</strong> the twothin muscle layers, between the peritoneum and the epithelium.3. (ECHI) In all, except for genus Ikeda . 4.(SIPUN) May be grouped into defined bands or fasicles orformed in sheets.circular overlap The phenomena in which a chain <strong>of</strong> contiguousand intergrading populations <strong>of</strong> one species curvesback until the terminal links overlap geographically and arethen found to be reproductively isolated from each other,

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