Online Dictionary of Invertebrate Zoology: Complete Work - Best Text

446Maggenti and Gardnerhomotypy n. [Gr. homos, same; typos, type] The similarity orequality of body structures along the main axis. see enantiomorphic.homozygosity n. [Gr. homos, same; zygon, yoke] Quality orcondition of bearing two identical alleles at one or more lociin homologous chromosome segments. see heterozygosity.homozygote n. [Gr. homos, same; zygon, yoke] One who exhibitshomozygosity. see heterozygote.homozygous a. [Gr. homos, same; zygon, yoke] Pertains tohaving identical alleles in the corresponding loci of homologouschromosomes; therefore breeding true. see heterozygous.honey n. [ME. honey] Thickened partially digested secretionfrom nectar of flowers produced by honeybees by enzymaticaction and used as food for larvae.honeycomb n. [A.S. hunigcamb] 1. A waxen structure built bybees in their nests consisting of an aggregation of hexagonalcells used as breeding cells for larvae and the storageof honey. 2. Any structure resembling a honeycomb.honey dew A sweetish liquid excreted by aphids or other homopterousinsects.honeypot (ARTHRO: Insecta) A wax container deposited insidethe entrance of the nest cavity filled with nectar by a solitaryqueen bumblebee when establishing a colony.honey stomach (ARTHRO: Insecta) A thin-walled enlargementof the esophagus (crop) in which the honeybee transportsnectar.honey tube see corniclehood n. [A.S. hod] 1. A color marking or expansion suggestinga hood. 2. (ARTHRO: Chelicerata) In beetle mites, the dorsalwall of the camerostome that extends over the capitulum.3. (ARTHRO: Insecta) a. In notodontoid and noctuoid Lepidoptera,a counter-tympanal cavity that expands laterallyto form a covering for the tympanal cavity posteriorly. b. Intingid Hemiptera, the dorsal elevated longitudinal carinae.4. (CHAETO) A body-wall fold with a coelomic sac which canbe drawn over the head. 5. (MOLL: Cephalopoda) In Nauti-