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Online Dictionary of Invertebrate Zoology: Complete Work - Best Text

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214Maggenti and Gardnerthat aids in coagulation.coagulocyte n. [L. coagulare, to curdle; Gr. kytos, container](ARTHRO) Specialized granular hemocytes. see cystocytes.coagulum n. [L. coagulare, to curdle] A semisolid mass; a clot;curd.coalesce v.i. [L. coalitus, united] To come together into one;to fuse or blend.coalescent a. [L. coalitus, united] A growing together, uniting.coalite v.i. [L. coalitus, united] To unite or associate.coalite stilt prolegs (ARTHRO: Insecta) Having a portion <strong>of</strong> theprolegs united into one organ for a part <strong>of</strong> their length,with a bifid apex.coarctate a. [L. coarctatus, compressed] 1. Crowded together;compressed; contracted. 2. (ARTHRO: Insecta) Having theabdomen separated from the thorax by a constriction.coarctate larva (ARTHRO: Insecta) 1. A larva similar to thedipteran puparium in which the skin <strong>of</strong> the preceding instaris not completely shed, being attached to the caudal end <strong>of</strong>the body. 2. The sixth instar <strong>of</strong> a meloid larva with the fifthexuvium present; a pseudopupa; a semipupa.coarctate pupa (ARTHRO: Insecta) A type <strong>of</strong> pupa in certainDiptera, with the last larval skin being retained as a protectivepuparium, with tracheal connection maintainingcontact between the pupa within the larval skin with theoutside.cocardes n.pl. [F. cocarde, insignia] (ARTHRO: Insecta) Lateralprotrusible vesicles at the sides <strong>of</strong> the thorax and abdomen<strong>of</strong> Malachiidae beetles.coccinellin n. [Gr. kokkinos, scarlet] (ARTHRO: Insecta) A defensivesecretion (C 13 H 23 NO), <strong>of</strong> the ladybug beetle Coccinellaseptempunctate, that has a bitter taste and smellthat repels the ant Myrmica rubra.coccineous a. [Gr. kokkinos, scarlet] Cochineal red; scarlet.cocephalic a. [L. cum, together; Gr. kephale, head] (ARTHRO:Insecta) Having a prognathous head in which only the foramenexists.

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