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Online Dictionary of Invertebrate Zoology: Complete Work - Best Text

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<strong>Online</strong> <strong>Dictionary</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>Invertebrate</strong> <strong>Zoology</strong> 473Leading a solitary life; below social. see society.infraspecific n. [L. infra, underneath; species, kind] Within thespecies; usually applied to subspecies.infrastigmatal a. [L. infra, underneath; Gr. stigmata, marks](ARTHRO) Below the stigmata or spiracles.infrasutural a. [L. infra, underneath; sutura, seam] (ARTHRO)Below the seam or suture.infumated a. [L. in, in; fumus, smoke] Clouded with a blackishcolor; smoke colored.infundibulum n.; pl. -ula [L. infundibulum, funnel] 1. A funnel-shapedorgan or part. 2. (CNID: Hydrozoa) The hydroecium.3. (MOLL: Cephalopoda) An exhalant siphonleading out <strong>of</strong> the mantle cavity. infundibuliform a.infuscate a. [L. in, into; fuscus, dark] Darkened with abrownish tinge; smoky gray-brown.infusoriform larva (MESO: Rhombozoa) In Dicyemida, ciliatedlarva produced by the infusorigen.infusorigen n. [L. infusus, poured into; genos, <strong>of</strong>fspring](MESO: Rhombozoa) A mass <strong>of</strong> reproductive cells interpretedas being a hermaphroditic gonad within a rhombogen.ingest v. [L. ingestus, taken in] To convey food into a place <strong>of</strong>digestion.ingesta n.pl. [L. ingestus, taken in] The total amount <strong>of</strong> substancesand fluids taken into the body. see egesta.ingestion n. [L. ingestus, taken in] The act or process <strong>of</strong>swallowing or taking in food material into a cell or into theenteron.ingluvial a. [L. ingluvies, crop] (ARTHRO: Insecta) Pertaining tothe ingluvies or crop <strong>of</strong> insects.ingluvial ganglion (ARTHRO: Insecta) 1. Paired ganglion <strong>of</strong> thestomodeal nervous system at the posterior end <strong>of</strong> the foregut.2. In Schistocerca, autonomously exerting influence onmovements <strong>of</strong> the proventriculus.ingluvies see cropinhalant a. [L. in, into; halere, to breathe] Taking into the

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