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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> 227complete coverage see valve coveragecomplete metamorphosis (ARTHRO: Insecta) The transformationperiod encompassing larva, pupa and adult;holometabolous metamorphosis. see incomplete metamorphosis.complex n. [L. complexus, entwine] Pertaining to a number <strong>of</strong>related taxonomic units, <strong>of</strong>ten units in which the taxonomyis difficult or confusing. see group.complexus n. [L. complexus, entwine] An aggregate.complicant a. [L. cum, with; plicare, to fold] 1. Folding or extendingover another. 2. (ARTHRO: Insecta) The elytron.complicate a. [L. cum, with; plicare, to fold] Folded longitudinally;folded together or in an irregular manner.composite a. [L. cum, with; ponere, to put] 1. A componentpart; compound. 2. (ANN: Oligochaeta) Pertaining to certainstalked glands <strong>of</strong> pheretimas annelids that contain severalsimilar units.composite nest (ARTHRO: Insecta) A nest inhabited by acommunal colony. see compound nest.compound a. [L. cum, with; ponere, to put] Composed <strong>of</strong> severalelements <strong>of</strong> similar or dissimilar parts united into asingle structure.compound antenna A capitate antenna comprised <strong>of</strong> severaljoints.compound eye (ARTHRO) A composite optic organ, the externalsurface consisting <strong>of</strong> circular facets that are very closetogether, or <strong>of</strong> facets in contact and more or less hexagonalin shape. see mosaic theory.compound nest (ARTHRO: Insecta) A nest inhabited by two ormore species <strong>of</strong> social insects, where broods <strong>of</strong> each speciesare kept separate. see mixed nest.compound ocellus Any ocellate spot containing three or morecircles <strong>of</strong> color.compound phanere In phanerotaxy, composed <strong>of</strong> two differentelements, one basal and one distal.compound rostrum (ARTHRO: Crustacea) In balanomorph

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