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Online Dictionary of Invertebrate Zoology: Complete Work - Best Text

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<strong>Online</strong> <strong>Dictionary</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>Invertebrate</strong> <strong>Zoology</strong> 221while consuming it.collenchyma, collenchyme n. [Gr. kolla, glue; NL. enchyma,type <strong>of</strong> cell tissue] Mesenchyme when there is a great dealor large amounts <strong>of</strong> gelatinous intercellular material andcells are relatively few in number.collencyte n. [Gr. kolla, glue; en, in; kytos, container] (PORIF)A mobile cell responsible for collagen secretions.colleterial glands, colletric glands, sebific glands 1. (AR-THRO: Crustacea) Single or paired glands <strong>of</strong> certain femalesor hermaphrodites that produce a sticky substance forbinding eggs together. 2. (ARTHRO: Insecta) Paired glands<strong>of</strong> females that secrete a substance to cement eggs togetheror to the substratum, or to provide a material forthe egg capsule or ootheca.colleterium see colleterial glandscolletocystophore see rhopaliumcolliculum n.; pl. colliculi [L. dim. collis, hill] A small elevation.colliculate, colliculose a.colligate v.t. [L. cum, with; ligare, to bind] To tie or bind together.colligation n. [L. cum, with; ligare, to bind] The combining together<strong>of</strong> isolated facts.colloblast n. [Gr. kolla, glue; blastos, bud] (CTENO) Adhesivecells; sticky cells covering much <strong>of</strong> the surface <strong>of</strong> the tentaclesthat are used to capture and ingest prey.collophore n. [Gr. kolla, glue; phoreus, bearer] (ARTHRO: Insecta)In Collembola, a respiratory osmoregulatory organ,or ventral tube, on the venter <strong>of</strong> the 1st abdominal segment.collum n.; pl. colla [L. collum, neck] 1. The neck or collarlikestructure. 2. (ARTHRO) The armoured tergite on the firstsegment behind the head in millipeds and pauropods thatfunctions in locomotion. 3. (ARTHRO: Insecta) a. The slenderconnection between the head and thorax in Hymenoptera,Diptera and Hemiptera. b. The constriction <strong>of</strong> the medianplate <strong>of</strong> the aedeagal apodeme prior to the fulcrum inmale fleas.

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