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Online Dictionary of Invertebrate Zoology: Complete Work - Best Text

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292Maggenti and Gardnerdimeric a. [Gr. dis, twice; meros, part] 1. Having two parts. 2.Bilaterally symmetrical.dimerous a. [Gr. dis, twice; meros, part] 1. Composed <strong>of</strong> twoparts. 2. Having two tarsal segments.dimidiate a. [L. dimidius, half] 1. Divided into two equal parts.2. Only one-half the normal development. 3. (ARTHRO: Insecta)Having an elytra that covers only half the abdomen.dimorph n. [Gr. dis, twice; morphe, form] An individual displayingdimorphism.dimorphism n. [Gr. dis, twice; morphe, form] A morphologicaldifference in form, color, size or sex in a single population.dimorphic a. see sexual dimorphism, polymorphism.Dimyaria n.pl. [Gr. dis, twice; mys, muscle] (MOLL: Bivalvia)Taxon sometimes used to include those bivalve molluskswhose shells are closed by two adductor muscles;dimyarian, dimyaric a.; dimyarian a. & n.dinergate n. [Gr. deinos, terrible; ergates, worker] (ARTHRO:Insecta) A soldier ant, characterized by a huge head andmandibles (for defense) and a thoracic structure sometimesthe size <strong>of</strong> the female, or in the development <strong>of</strong> itssclerites.dinergatogyne n. [Gr. deinos, terrible; ergates, worker; gyne,woman] (ARTHRO: Insecta) A mosaic form in ants, combiningthe characteristics <strong>of</strong> a dinergate and a ergatogyne.dinergatogynomorph n. [Gr. deinos, terrible; gyne, woman;morphe, form] (ARTHRO: Insecta) In ants, any individual inwhich female characteristics alternate with worker and soldier.dinophthisergate n. [Gr. deinos, terrible; phthisis, decline;ergates, worker] (ARTHRO: Insecta) In ants, a soldierworkerpupal mosaic that fails to progress to the adultstage due to parasitism or other interference.dioecious a. [Gr. dis, twice; oikos, house] Separate sexes;males and females being different individuals; gonochoristic;unisexual; opposed to monoecious.dioptrate a. [Gr. dis, twice; ops, eye] Having eyes or ocelli dividedby a septum or line.

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