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Online Dictionary of Invertebrate Zoology: Complete Work - Best Text

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438Maggenti and Gardnertooth plus several kinds <strong>of</strong> lateral and marginal teeth, inretrograde oblique position, <strong>of</strong>ten in bristlelike fascicles.hive aura/odor see nest odorhive n. [A.S. hyf,] (ARTHRO: Insecta) A man-made nest forhoneybees.holandric a. [Gr. holos, whole; aner, male] 1. Describing sexdeterminategenes that are manifest only in the male sex.2. (ANN: Oligochaeta) Classical term that originally meantthe placement <strong>of</strong> testes in segments x-xi.holandry n. [Gr. holos, whole; aner, male] 1. The condition <strong>of</strong>bearing the normal number <strong>of</strong> testes. 2. (ANN: Oligochaeta)Earthworms with two pair <strong>of</strong> testes, one pair in segment xand another pair in segment xi. see proandry, metandry.holarctic region A zoogeographical region encompassing thepalaeartic and nearctic regions.holaspis larva (ARTHRO: Trilobita) Final larval stage in whichthe general adult structures are present and with succeedingmolts minor changes and increase <strong>of</strong> size. see protaspisand meraspis larva.holidic a. [Gr. holos, whole; -idios, distinct] Said <strong>of</strong> a mediumthat has exactly known chemical constituents other thanpurified inert materials before compounding; a defined medium.holism n. [Gr. holos, whole; -ismos, denoting condition] 1. Thephilosophic principle that the determining factors in nature,especially evolution, are wholes, such as organisms and notthe sum <strong>of</strong> their parts. 2. Accentuating the organic functionalrelation between parts and wholes. holistic a.holobenthic a. [Gr. holos, whole; benthos, sea-bottom] Refersto animals living their whole life on or near sea-bottom.holoblastic division The type <strong>of</strong> cleavage in which the entireegg cell is divided.holochroal a. [Gr. holos, whole; chroa, body surface] (AR-THRO) Refers to a compound eye with narrow facets andpolygonal lenses, as in most crustacean and insect eyes.see schizochroal.holocoen n. [Gr. holos, whole; koinos, common] The whole

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