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Online Dictionary of Invertebrate Zoology: Complete Work - Best Text

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38Maggenti and Gardneropen-chain structure, and those cyclic compounds that resemblethe open-chain structure.aliquant a. [L. alius, other; quantus, how great] In mathematics,dividing a smaller number into a larger numberwith a remainder; in biology, taking equal quantities <strong>of</strong> asolution with unequal numbers <strong>of</strong> organisms in suspension.see aliquot.aliquot a. [L. alius, other; quantus, how great] In mathematics,dividing a smaller number into a larger number evenly;hence, in biology, dividing a population <strong>of</strong> organisms evenlyor into equal parts. see aliquant.alitrunk n. [L. ala, wing; truncus, trunk] (ARTHRO: Insecta)Thorax to which the wings are attached, including the firstabdominal segment in certain Hymenoptera; mesosoma.alivincular hinge (MOLL: Bivalvia) A somewhat flattened cordfrom one bivalve umbo to another, having the long axistransverse to the planes <strong>of</strong> the margins and the axis <strong>of</strong>motion.alizarin, alizarine n. [F. alizari, the juice] A transparent orange-redstain or dye.alkaline gland (ARTHRO: Insecta) In Hymenoptera, the Dufour'sgland; an accessory gland that discharges at thebase <strong>of</strong> the sting; function unknown, but thought to beconcerned with lubrication <strong>of</strong> the sting.alkanes n.pl. [OF. al qualiy, ashes <strong>of</strong> salt wart] A group <strong>of</strong>saturated hydrocarbons found in Pre-Cambrian geologicalstrata presumed to be fossils.allaesthetic, allesthetic a. [Gr. allos, other; aisthetes, perceiver]Recognition <strong>of</strong> characteristics <strong>of</strong> an organism, asperceived by another.allantoin n. [Gr. allas, sausage] The resultant <strong>of</strong> purine andpyrimidine metabolism occurring in allantoic fluid and urine<strong>of</strong> various invertebrates.allatectomy n. [L. allatum, brought; Gr. ektemnein, to cutout] (ARTHRO: Insecta) Total excision <strong>of</strong> the endocrineglands, corpora allata.allatum hormone see juvenile hormone

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