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Online Dictionary of Invertebrate Zoology: Complete Work - Best Text

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418Maggenti and Gardnernematocyst; the butt.hamula n. [L. hamulus, little hook] (ARTHRO: Insecta) A trigger-likehook securing the springing organ (furcula) <strong>of</strong>springtails; a retinaculum.hamular hook (ARTHRO: Insecta) In some male Odonata, acurved hook receiving the end <strong>of</strong> the basal lobe <strong>of</strong> theposterior hamuli.hamulohalterae n.pl. [L. hamulus, little hook; Gr. halter, balancer](ARTHRO: Insecta) In Homoptera, giant mealybughalters developed from the metathoracic wing-buds furnishedwith one or more hooklets that engage in a basalpocket <strong>of</strong> the corresponding fore wing.hamulus n., pl. -li [L. hamulus, little hook] 1. A hook or hooklikeprocess. 2. (ARTHRO: Insecta) a. In certain Hymenoptera,a row <strong>of</strong> minute hooks along the costal margin <strong>of</strong> thehind wing to unite the front and hind wings in flight; hasbeen spelled humule. b. In male Odonata, one <strong>of</strong> a pair <strong>of</strong>anterior(is) and posterior(is) clasps <strong>of</strong> the genitalia (fenestra)for grasping the female. c. In Siphonaptera, one <strong>of</strong> apair <strong>of</strong> movable sclerites originating from the lateral wall <strong>of</strong>the aedeagal palliolum. 3. (PLATY: Trematoda) In monogeneticforms, large hooks on the opisthaptor; anchors.hamus n.; pl. hami [L., hook] (ARTHRO: Insecta) 1. In Heteroptera,an abrupt spur-like vein in the hind wings. 2. InLepidoptera, the retinaculum.Hancock's glands (ARTHRO: Insecta) In Orthoptera, large,glandular, sex-attractant pits <strong>of</strong> male tree crickets that secretea fluid which the female ingests during the matingact.Hancock`s organ (MOLL: Gastropoda) A succession <strong>of</strong> parallelfolds on each side <strong>of</strong> the mouth in the groove between thecephalic shield and the foot in some Opisthobranchia; lateralsensory areas.hapaloderes n.pl. [Gr. hapalos, tender; deire, neck] (KINOR)The first three juvenile stages <strong>of</strong> Echinoderidae in which amidterminal, lateral and middorsal spines are present. seehabroderes.haplobiont n. [Gr. haplos, simple; bios, life] An organism

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