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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> 239coleopterans.corbicula n.; pl. -lae [L. dim. corbis, basket] (ARTHRO: Insecta)A smooth area on the outer surface <strong>of</strong> the hind tibia<strong>of</strong> Apidae, surrounded on each side by a fringe <strong>of</strong> longcurved hairs, that serves for carrying pollen and other materialsto the nest; a pollen basket.corbiculate a. [L. dim. corbis, basket] Having the shape <strong>of</strong> asmall basket; pertaining to corbiculae.corbiculoid teeth (MOLL: Bivalvia) Having 3 cardinal teeth ineach valve and a median tooth below the beak in the rightvalve. see arcticoid teeth.corbula n. [L. corbula, little basket] (CNID: Hydrozoa) A phylactocarpwith leaflike protective branches arching over theenclosed gonangia.corcula n. [L. dim. cordis, heart] (ARTHRO: Insecta) A chamber<strong>of</strong> the dorsal vessel, through which the blood flows.cord n. [L. chorda, cord] 1. Any long, rounded cordlike structure.2. (MOLL: Gastropoda) A round-topped, moderatelycoarse spiral or transverse linear sculpture on a shell surface.cordate a. [L. cordis, heart] Having the shape <strong>of</strong> a heart;cordiform.cordlike see restiformcordon n. [L. chorda, cord] (NEMATA) Longitudinal, cuticularcordlike thickening extending posteriorly from near the oralopening; may be straight, recurved or form loops; presentmainly in the spiruroid nematode family Acuariidae. seeepaulet.cordotonal organ see proprioceptorcordylus n.; pl. cordyli [Gr. kordyle, swelling] (CNID: Hydrozoa)Small clubs composed <strong>of</strong> large gastrodermal cells coveredby a thin epidermis, mounted on sensory cushionsbetween the tentacle bases <strong>of</strong> certain hydromedusae;sense clubs.core n. [L. cordis, heart] 1. The central part <strong>of</strong> anything. 2.(BRYO: Stenolaemata) Either laminated or nonlaminatedskeletal material, or a combination <strong>of</strong> both, that form the

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