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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> 279dental plates (BRACHIO) Plates <strong>of</strong> secondary shell supportingthe hinge teeth on the ventral valve.dental sclerite (ARTHRO: Insecta) The sclerite at each side <strong>of</strong>the base <strong>of</strong> the mandibular sclerite <strong>of</strong> muscid larvae.dental sockets (BRACHIO) Excavations in the posterior margin<strong>of</strong> the brachial valve for reception <strong>of</strong> hinge teeth.dentate a. [L. dens, tooth] Toothed, or with tooth-like processes.dentatelirate a. [L. dens, tooth; lira, furrow] Having teeth andfine raised lines or grooves.dentate-serrate Teeth with serrated dentations on the edges.dentate-sinuate Teeth with a wavy indented margin.denticles n.pl. [L. denticulus, little tooth] 1. Small, tooth-likeprojections. 2. (ARTHRO: Crustacea) In cirripeds, toothleton the sutural edge <strong>of</strong> the radius <strong>of</strong> the compartment plate,or opposed buttress <strong>of</strong> adjoining plate. 3. (ANN: Polychaeta)The paragnaths. denticulate a.dentigerous ridges Elevations bearing small teeth or toothlikeprojections.dentition n. [L. dens, tooth] 1. All teeth including differentforms, sizes, etc. 2. (MOLL: Bivalvia) A collective term includinghinge teeth and sockets.denuded a. [L. de, away from; nudus, bare] Divested <strong>of</strong> allcovering.depauperate a. [L. de, away from; pauper, poor] 1. Impoverishingor exhausting. 2. Falling short <strong>of</strong> the natural size ordevelopment from being impoverished or starved. 3. (AR-THRO: Insecta) An impoverished or dying ant colony.deportation n. [L. de, away from; portare, to carry] (ARTHRO:Insecta) In social insects, the transport <strong>of</strong> adults or youngto a new nest.depressed a. [L. de, away from; pressus, bear down] 1.Pressed or kept down; sunken below the general surface.2. (MOLL: Gastropoda) Refers to a shell low in proportion todiameter.depressor n. [L. de, away from; pressus, bear down] Any

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