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Online Dictionary of Invertebrate Zoology: Complete Work - Best Text

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210Maggenti and Gardnerprey or stored food <strong>of</strong> another, usually <strong>of</strong> a different species,and appropriates it for the rearing <strong>of</strong> her own <strong>of</strong>fspring.climatic isolation Prevention <strong>of</strong> interbreeding between two ormore populations because <strong>of</strong> differential preferences in climaticconditions. see geographical isolation/barriers.climax n. [Gr. klimax, ladder] 1. A stage in the community <strong>of</strong>organisms that have reached equilibrium with existing environmentalconditions; arrives at the final stage in thenatural succession. 2. A mature and stabilized stage <strong>of</strong> abiotic community extending over a vast geographic area.climograph n. [Gr. klima, slope; graphein, to write] A diagramon which localities are represented by the annual cycle <strong>of</strong>temperature and rainfall.clinal a. [Gr. klinein, to slope] The gradual varying <strong>of</strong> characteristics.cline n. [Gr. klinein, to slope] A change in population characteristicsover a geographical area, usually related to a correspondingenvironmental change; geocline.clinology n. [Gr. klinein, to slope; logos, discourse] The study<strong>of</strong> the retrogression or decline <strong>of</strong> organisms after maturity,or after their phylogenetic apex as a group.clistogastrous a. [Gr. kleistos, enclosed; gaster, belly] (AR-THRO: Insecta) In Hymenoptera, having a petiolated abdomen.clitellate a. [L. clitellae, pack saddle] (ANN: Oligochaeta) Havinga clitellum; the age or stage during which the earthwormhas a clitellum.clitellum n. [L. clitellae, pack saddle] (ANN: Oligochaeta) Aglandular annular swelling <strong>of</strong> the epidermis; the gland cellsthat secrete material to form a cocoon; cingulum.clithrum n.; pl. clithra [Gr. clithros, bar] (ARTHRO: Insecta)One <strong>of</strong> a pair <strong>of</strong> sclerotic rings <strong>of</strong> the epipharynx, thatseparates the corypha and the paria <strong>of</strong> certain scarabaeoidlarvae.cloaca n.; pl. -cae [L. cloaca, canal] The terminal portion <strong>of</strong>the digestive tract in various invertebrates that functions as

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