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Online Dictionary of Invertebrate Zoology: Complete Work - Best Text

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504Maggenti and Gardnerleaflike structure. 2. (ARTHRO: Chelicerata) A triangularplate on the promargin <strong>of</strong> the cheliceral fang furrow insome spiders. 3. (MOLL: Gastropoda) Flared axial projection<strong>of</strong> the outer lip <strong>of</strong> the shell.lamellar ligament (MOLL: Bivalvia) That part <strong>of</strong> the ligamentsecreted by the mantle edge that is lamellar in structureand contains no calcium carbonate; elastic to both compressionand tension.lamellate a. [L. lamella, small plate] Composed <strong>of</strong> or coveredby thin scales, plates or layers.lamellate antennae (ARTHRO: Insecta) Antennae with anasymmetrical 3- to 7-segmented club <strong>of</strong> more or less flattenedsegments.Lamellibranchia see Class Bivalvia, Phylum Molluscalamellibranchiate a. [L. lamella, small plate; Gr. branchia,gills] (MOLL) With plate-like gills that are bilaterally symmetrical;bilaterally compressed, symmetrical body.lamellicorn a. [L. lamella, small plate; cornu, horn] Having thejoints <strong>of</strong> the antenna expanded into flattened plates.lamelliform a. [L. lamella, small plate; forma, shape] Havingthe form <strong>of</strong> scales, thin plates or layers.lamellocyte see plasmatocytelamello-fibrous (MOLL) Referring to shells with one portioncomposed <strong>of</strong> fibers and another <strong>of</strong> laminae.lamellose a. [L. lamella, small plate] Composed <strong>of</strong> lamella.lamina n.; pl. -nae, -nas [L. lamina, a plate] 1. A thin plate,scale or layer. 2. (ARTHRO) A distal synaptic region in theoptic lobes. 3. (NEMATA) The main body <strong>of</strong> the male spicule;the blade.lamina lingualis pl. laminae linguales (ARTHRO: Diplopoda)One <strong>of</strong> two median distal plates in the gnathochilarium.lamina <strong>of</strong> insertion see insertion platelamina phalli (ARTHRO: Insecta) In Caelifera, endophallicmembrane sclerotizations restricting the spermatophoresac.laminar a. [L. lamina, plate] Arranged in thin plates or layers;

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