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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> 335epharmosis n. [Gr. epi, upon; harmonia, a fitting together]The method <strong>of</strong> adaptation <strong>of</strong> organisms to a new environment.ephebic a. [Gr. epi, upon; hebe, puberty] 1. Mature. 2. (AR-THRO: Insecta) The adult; between the neanic and geronticstage; the winged adult stage. 3. (BRYO) Zooids laid downduring the phase <strong>of</strong> astogenic repetition.ephemeral n. [Gr. ephemeros, living only a day] A short-livedanimal species, especially insects.ephippium n.; pl. ephippia [L. ephippium, saddle] (ARTHRO:Crustacea) Exuvia <strong>of</strong> some female cladocerans with one toseveral eggs enclosed, capable <strong>of</strong> withstanding dessication;a vehicle <strong>of</strong> dispersal. ephippial a.ephyra n.; pl. ephyre, ephyrae, ephyrula [Gr. Ephyra, name<strong>of</strong> a sea nymph] (CNID: Scyphozoa) A small free-swimmingmedusa arising by asexual division (transverse fission) <strong>of</strong> astrobila; a monodisk.epiandrous glands (ARTHRO: Chelicerata) A group <strong>of</strong> glandsfound in most male spiders that add to the sperm web asmall white mat on which the drop <strong>of</strong> sperm is deposited.epibenthos n. [Gr. epi, upon; benthos, depth <strong>of</strong> the sea] Thefauna <strong>of</strong> the sea bottom between low tide line and 100fathoms.epibiont see epicoleepibiotic a. [Gr. epibionai, to survive] 1. Endemic species thatare relicts <strong>of</strong> former fauna. 2. Growing on the surface <strong>of</strong>other animals. see hypobiotic.epiblast n. [Gr. epi, upon; blastos, bud] Ectoderm, the outergerm layer in early embryos; ectoblast.epiboly, epibole n. [Gr. epibole, placing upon] The growth <strong>of</strong>one structure around another during embryonic development.epibolic a.epibranchial lobe or area (ARTHRO: Crustacea) In Decapoda,the anterior part <strong>of</strong> the branchial region <strong>of</strong> the carapace.epibranchial space (ARTHRO: Crustacea) In Decapoda, thatpart <strong>of</strong> the gill chamber above or external to the gills.epicaridum, epicaridium n. [Gr. epi, upon; kardis, shrimp]

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