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Online Dictionary of Invertebrate Zoology: Complete Work - Best Text

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378Maggenti and Gardnerfungus garden Fungi cultivated within the nest <strong>of</strong> higher termitesor fungus ants for use as food. see ambrosia, beebread.fungus-growing beetle (ARTHRO: Insecta) Any beetle thatfeeds on symbiotic fungi, i.e., ambrosia beetles, etc.funicular strand (BRYO: Gymnolaemata) Tissue crossing allbody cavities; in males and hermaphrodites producessperm.funiculate a. [L. funiculus, little cord] Having or forming a funiculus.funiculus, funicle n.; pl. -li [L. funiculus, little cord] 1. (AR-THRO: Insecta) a. The middle antennal segments betweenthe scape and the club. b. The main tendon <strong>of</strong> the abdomen.c. In Hymenoptera, the ligament connecting the propodeumto the petiole. 2. (BRYO) A strand <strong>of</strong> tissue thatattaches the digestive tract to the body wall or communicationpores, thus extending from zooid to zooid throughoutthe colony. 3. (MOLL: Gastropoda) A narrow ridge <strong>of</strong>callus spiraling from the upper lip into the umbilicus.funnel n. [L. infundibulum, funnel] 1. (ANN: Oligochaeta) Internalopening <strong>of</strong> both male and female genital ducts. seefemale and male funnel. 2. (ARTHRO: Insecta) See peritrophicmembrane. 3. (MOLL: Cephalopoda) a. A specializedsiphon from the mantle cavity providing locomotion by propulsion.b. For Nautiloidea, see hyponome.funnel organ (MOLL: Cephalopoda) A glandular structure onthe dorsal side <strong>of</strong> the funnel, slightly behind the valve;Verrill's organ.funnel shaped see infundibulumfurca n.; pl. -cae [L. furca, fork] 1. Any forked process. 2.(ARTHRO: Crustacea) The caudal furca; cercopod. 3. (AR-THRO: Insecta) a. The cercopods; the forked sternal processarising from the thoracic sternum <strong>of</strong> pterygote insectsformed by the sternal apophyses, supported on a mediuminflection; referred to as pro-, meso, or metafurca. b. InCollembola, the modified abdominal jumping appendages.see furcula. c. In some male Lepidoptera, the sclerotizedstructure <strong>of</strong> the juxta. d. For furca <strong>of</strong> the labellum, see la-

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