Online Dictionary of Invertebrate Zoology: Complete Work - Best Text

Online Dictionary of Invertebrate Zoology 245corridor n. [L. currere, to run] A gallery or passageway madeby an animal.corrode v. [L. corrodere, to gnaw to pieces] To consume orwear away.corrugate a. [L. corrugare, to wrinkle] Wrinkled; contractedinto alternate ridges and furrows.corselet see prothoraxcortex n.; pl. cortices [L. cortex, bark] 1. The outermost coveringlayer of a structure. cortical a. 2. (PORIF) The ectosomewhen thick and gelatinous or fibrous, or packed withspicules of a special type.cortical layer 1. (ARTHRO: Insecta) A region at the surface ofthe egg devoid of yolk. 2. (NEMATA) see epicuticle,exocuticle, mesocuticle, endocuticle.corticate a. [L. cortex, bark] Having a special cortex, or externallayer.corticiform a. [L. cortex, bark; forma, shape] Sculptured ortextured like bark.corticolous a. [L. cortex, bark; colere, to dwell] Living in or onthe bark of plants.coruscant a. [L. coruscare, to flash] Rapid intermittent flashingor gleaming, as of fireflies.corvinus a. [L. corvus, crow] Deep, shining black.coryogamy see koriogamycorypha n.; pl. coryphae [Gr. koryphe, top] (ARTHRO: Insecta)That region of certain scarabaeoid larvae, betweenthe epipharynx and the clithra, sometimes bearing setae;often merged with the acropariae into a common apical regionwhen the clithra are absent.corysterium n. [Gr. korys, helmet] (ARTHRO: Insecta) In certainfemales, an abdominal glandular structure that functionsin secreting the glutinous egg covering.cosmiotaxy n. [Gr. kosmios, well ordered; taxis, arrangement]Secondary formation of recognizable and simple organs.cosmiotrichy n. [Gr. kosmios, well ordered; thrix, hair] Setalcosmiotaxy.