Online Dictionary of Invertebrate Zoology: Complete Work - Best Text

Online Dictionary of Invertebrate Zoology 457hypodermis n. [Gr. hypo, under; L. dermis, skin] The cellular,subcuticular layer that secretes the cuticle of annelids,nematodes, arthropods (see epidermis), and various otherinvertebrates; hypoblast.hypodigm n. [Gr. hypo, under; deigma, specimen] The entirematerial of a species available to the taxonomist.hypodiploid see hypoploidhypogean, hypogaen a. [Gr. hypo, under; gaia, the earth] 1.Living in the soil; endogean. 2. (ARTHRO: Insecta) Soildwellers except for nuptial flight.hypoglossa n. [Gr. hypo, under; glossa, tongue] (ARTHRO: Insecta)In brachycerous and cyclorrhaphous Diptera, thedorsal wall of the premental plate, formed by the sclerotizedventral side of the prementum.hypoglossis n. [Gr. hypo, under; glossa, tongue] (ARTHRO:Insecta) The under portion of the tongue.hypoglottis n. [Gr. hypo, under; glottis, mouth of windpipe](ARTHRO: Insecta) In Coleoptera, the sclerite between thementum and labium.hypognathous a. [Gr. hypo, under; gnathos, jaw] (ARTHRO:Insecta) When the head is joined to the thorax so themouth parts are directed ventrally. see prognathous, opisthognathous.hypogynium n. [Gr. hypo, under; gyne, female] (ARTHRO: Insecta)The eighth abdominal sternite of a female; formerly,the genital plate.hypohaline a. [Gr. hypo, under; hals, sea] Pertaining to watersunder the salinity of normal sea water; below 30 partsper thousand; brackish. see hyperhaline, euhaline.hypohaploid see hypoploidhypolimnion n. [Gr. hypo, under; limne, lake] The bottomstratum in deep lakes containing low oxygen and near absenceof living organisms. see epilimnion, thermocline.hypolithic a. [Gr. hypo, under; lithos, stone] Living beneathstones.hypomegetic a. [Gr. hypo, under; megas, great] Pertaining tothe smallest in a series of polymorphic organisms.