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Online Dictionary of Invertebrate Zoology: Complete Work - Best Text

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318Maggenti and Gardnereffluvium n.; pl. -via [L. ex, out <strong>of</strong>; fluere, to flow] A noxioussmell or invisible emanation.effuse a. [L. ex, out <strong>of</strong>; fluere, to flow] (MOLL: Gastropoda)Pertaining to the condition <strong>of</strong> the shell aperture when themargin is interrupted by a short spout for a siphonal outlet.eflected a. [L. ex, out <strong>of</strong>; flectere, to bend] Bent outwardsomewhat angularly.egest v.t. [L. egestus, discharged] To eliminate solid materialfrom a cell or from the enteron.egesta n.pl. [L. egestus, discharged] The total amount <strong>of</strong> substancesand fluids discharged from the body.egg-burster (ARTHRO: Insecta) Various cuticular structuresthat aid in hatching by rupturing the egg membranes; eggtooth; hatching spine; ruptor ovi; hatching tooth.egg-calyx (ARTHRO: Insecta) The dilation <strong>of</strong> the oviduct at theopening <strong>of</strong> the ovarian tubes.egg-cap A cap, or operculum joined to the body <strong>of</strong> an eggalong a line <strong>of</strong> weakness that facilitates hatching.egg-case The case or covering <strong>of</strong> an egg or egg-mass.egg funnel see female funnelsegg guide (ARTHRO: Insecta) A median caudal process <strong>of</strong> thesubgenital plate.egg-membrane Internal egg envelope or lining, thin, tough,flexible and colorless.egg-pod (ARTHRO: Insecta) Frothy secretions that form theegg-mass <strong>of</strong> grasshoppers and the gelatinous sheath <strong>of</strong>dipteran eggs.egg-pouch see oothecaegg-tooth see egg-bursteregg-tube see ovarian tubeegg-valve see egg guideejaculate n. [L. ex, out <strong>of</strong>; jacere, to throw] Emitted seminalfluid; ejected fluid from the body.ejaculatory bulb (ARTHRO: Insecta) 1. In Lepidoptera, thedistal part <strong>of</strong> the ejaculatory duct, cephalad <strong>of</strong> the scle-

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