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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> 415gynes n.pl. [Gr. gyne, woman] (ARTHRO: Insecta) 1. In bees, apotential or actual queen. 2. Especially potential queens <strong>of</strong>honeybees. 3. Certain halictid bees that are first gynes,later to become workers or queens.gynetype n. [Gr. gyne, woman; typos, type] A designated femaletype specimen.gynocophoral canal see gynaecophoral canalgynogenesis n. [Gr. gyne, woman; genesis, descent] Femaleparthenogenesis; pseudogamy; development <strong>of</strong> a haploidindividual possessing only the maternal chromosome set.see androgenesis.gynomerogony n. [Gr. gyne, woman; meros, part; gonos,seed] Development <strong>of</strong> an egg fragment containing only thefemale nucleus (maternal chromosomes).gynosynhesmia n. [Gr. gyne, woman; syn, together; hesmos,swarm] A group <strong>of</strong> females gathering together during matingseason. see androsynhesmia, synhesmia.gynozooid n. [Gr. gyne, woman; zoon, animal] A femalegonozooid.gyrate, gyral a. [L. gyrare, to turn about] Circular or spiralmovement; curved.gyration n. [L. gyrare, to turn about] 1. Rotating or whirlingmovement. 2. (MOLL) One <strong>of</strong> the whorls on a spiral shell.gyratory a. [L. gyrare, to turn about] Moving in a circle; circularor rotary motion.gyre n. [L. gyrare, to turn about] Coiling; chromosome coiling.gyri-cerebrales (ARTHRO: Insecta) Esophageal ganglion lobesin embryos.

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