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Online Dictionary of Invertebrate Zoology: Complete Work - Best Text

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232Maggenti and Gardnercoelomic space <strong>of</strong> zooids opposite exozone; in some taxa,opposite distal endozone.congeneric a. [L. congener, <strong>of</strong> same race] 1. A term applied tospecies <strong>of</strong> the same genus. 2. Belonging to the same kind,class, or stock.congenetic a. [L. cum, together; Gr. genesis, beginning] Havingthe same origin.congenital a. [L. cum, together; gignere, to beget] Of or pertainingto a condition present at birth.congenital disease A disease present in an animal at birth;not necessarily inherited.congested a. [L. congestus, heap together] Overcrowded;distended.congestin n. [L. congestus, heap together] (CNID: Anthozoa)The toxin <strong>of</strong> sea anemone tentacles.conglobate a. [L. cum, together; globatus, make into a ball]Gathered together into a ball or rounded structure; spherical.conglobate gland see phallic glandconglomerate a. [L. cum, together; agglomeratus, gatheredinto a mass] Irregularly grouped in spots; massed together;bunched or crowded.congression n. [L. congressus, meeting] The movement <strong>of</strong>chromosomes to the spindle equator during mitosis.conical a. [L. conus, cone] Cone-shaped; conic; tapering to apoint.conico-acuminate Shaped like a long, pointed cone.coniculus n. [L. dim. conus, cone] (ARTHRO: Chelicerata) Inmites, the malapophyses and lips enclosing the preoralcavity; the rostrum.coniferous a. [L. conus, cone; ferre, to bear] Bearing a conelikeprocess.coniform larvae (ARTHRO: Insecta) Cone-shaped larva,pointed at the head end, and enlarged, obtuse or truncateat the caudal end.conispiral a. [L. conus, cone; spira, coil] With a spire project-

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