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Online Dictionary of Invertebrate Zoology: Complete Work - Best Text

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338Maggenti and Gardnerepigenotype n. [Gr. epi, upon; genesis, beginning; L. typus,type] The chain <strong>of</strong> interactions among genes resulting inthe phenotype; the developmental system.epiglossa see epipharynxepiglottis n. [Gr. epi, upon; glottis, mouth <strong>of</strong> the windpipe] 1.(ARTHRO: Insecta) The epipharynx. 2. (BRYO) The epistome.epigynial plate see epigynumepigynum, epigynium n.; pl. -yna [Gr. epi, upon; gyne,woman] (ARTHRO: Chelicerata) 1. A sclerotized structure <strong>of</strong>certain female spiders and mites, variable in form, coveringthe genital opening. 2. In mites also referred to as epigynialplate or genital plate.epilabrum n.; pl. -labra [Gr. epi, upon; L. labrum, lip] (AR-THRO) In Myriapoda, a sclerite on each side <strong>of</strong> the labrum.epilimnion n. [Gr. epi, upon; limne, lake] The upper layer <strong>of</strong>water found in deep lakes. see thermocline andhypolimnion.epilobe n. [Gr. epi, upon; L. lobus, a rounded projection] (AR-THRO: Insecta) A lateral appendage <strong>of</strong> the mentum <strong>of</strong>ground beetles.epilobous a. [Gr. epi, upon; L. lobus, a rounded projection](ANN: Oligochaeta) A prostomium that is continued by atongue into the peristomium but without reaching the divisionbetween segments 1 and 2.epimegetic a. [Gr. epi, upon; megas, large] (ARTHRO: Insecta)Being the largest in a series <strong>of</strong> polymorphic forms.epimera pl. epimeronepimeral fold (ARTHRO: Crustacea) In Decapoda, the foldedendopleurites connected to the branchiostegite that formsthe branchial chamber.epimeral parapterum (ARTHRO: Insecta) The posterior basalarsclerite between the pleural wing process and theepimeron <strong>of</strong> the wing bearing segment.epimeral suture (ARTHRO: Insecta) The caudal portion <strong>of</strong> thesternopleural suture.

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