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Online Dictionary of Invertebrate Zoology: Complete Work - Best Text

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28Maggenti and Gardnersuch as the heart, or blood vessels.adventitious a. [L. adventitius, extraordinary] Acquired; accidental;additional; occurring in abnormal places; ectopicfoci.adventitious bud (BRYO: Phylactolaemata) The small bud primordiumon the dorsal side <strong>of</strong> the main bud near the parentalpolypide.adventitious vein (ARTHRO: Insecta) A secondary wing vein,neither accessory nor intercalary, usually the result <strong>of</strong> crossveins lined up to form a continuous vein.adventive a. [L. advenire, to arrive] Referring to an organismthat has been accidentally introduced to a new area; notnative.adventral line (ARTHRO: Insecta) A line that extends along theunderside <strong>of</strong> caterpillars between the middle and the base<strong>of</strong> the legs.adventral tubercle (ARTHRO: Insecta) In caterpillars, a smallpimple, sometimes bearing setae, located on each <strong>of</strong> theabdominal segments on the inner base <strong>of</strong> the leg and apodalsegment.advolute n. [L. ad, near; voluta, spiral] (MOLL: Gastropoda) Acondition <strong>of</strong> whorls that barely touch one another, not distinctlyoverlapping.aedaeagus, aedagus, aedoeagus see aedeagusaedeagal fulcrum see juxtaaedeagus n.; pl. -agi [Gr. aidoia, genitals; agein, to lead] (AR-THRO: Insecta) In males, the intromittent organ; distal part<strong>of</strong> the phallus: penis plus parameres. see penis, telopod.aedoeotype n. [Gr. aidoia, genitals; typos, type] The firstspecimen in which the genitalia are studied.aeneous, aeneus a. [L. aeneus, <strong>of</strong> bronze] Bright brassy orgolden green in color.aerate v.t. [Gr. aer, air] To combine or charge with air; tosupply or impregnate with common air.

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