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Online Dictionary of Invertebrate Zoology: Complete Work - Best Text

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320Maggenti and Gardner(ANN) Free fatty globules, yellow or transparent, inodorousor evil-smelling, in the coelom; emitted by the dorsal poreswhen the worm is irritated.eleutherorhabdic a. [Gr. eleutheros, free; rhabdos, rod](MOLL: Bivalvia) Pertaining to ctenidia with each filamenthaving approximately two ciliated disks that interlockholding the filaments in position; junctions by ciliateddisks. see synaptorhabdic.eleutherotogony n. [Gr. eleutheros, free; gonos, <strong>of</strong>fspring](ARTHRO: Insecta) In embryology, having the back formedwithout participation <strong>of</strong> the membranes.elevated a. [L. elevatus, raised] High in proportion to diameter;higher than surrounding areas.eleutherozoic a. [Gr. eleutheros, free; zoe, life] Free-living.elevator see levationelimination n. [L. eliminare, to turn out <strong>of</strong> doors] The castingout or discharging <strong>of</strong> excretory waste or foreign substancesfrom the body.elinguata n. [L. ex, out <strong>of</strong>; lingua, tongue] (ARTHRO: Insecta)Having maxillae and labium united at the base. see synista.elite n. [MF. elit, to choose] (ARTHRO: Insecta) A member <strong>of</strong> acolony showing greater than average initiative and activity.ellipsoidal see ellipticalelliptical a. [Gr. elleipsis, lack, defect] Oblong with roundedends, oval in shape.elongate v. [L. elongatus, prolonged] To lengthen or stretchout.elongate antenna (ARTHRO: Insecta) An antenna equaling thebody length.elute a. [L. ex, out; lutus, washed] With barely distinguishablemarking.elytra pl. <strong>of</strong> elytronelytral ligula (ARTHRO: Insecta) In beetles, a tongue andgroove joint at the midline <strong>of</strong> the elytra which meet andhold them together.

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