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Online Dictionary of Invertebrate Zoology 505laminiform.laminate a. [L. lamina, plate] Composed of leaf-like, overlappingplates or scales.laminiform a. [L. lamina, plate; forma, shape] Laminar.lampbrush chromosomes Very large chromosomes with finelateral projections; found in invertebrates and vertebrates.lanate a. [L. lana, wool] Covered with long, very fine or woolyhairlike filaments.lanceolate a. [L. lanceola, little lance] Tapering to a point atthe apex, or sometimes at both ends; lance-shaped.lancet n. [L. lancea, light spear] 1. Any piercing structure. 2.(ARTHRO: Insecta) a. In Hymentoptera, the first valvulae.b. The first gonapophyses of Apis. 3. [NEMATA] Small teethin the buccal cavity of some nematodes.lancinate v.t. [L. lancinare, to tear to pieces] To tear, lacerate,pierce or stab.Lang's vesicle (PLATY: Turbellaria) A blind extension of thefemale canal of certain Acotylea, proximal to where theoviducts join.lantern n. [L. lanterna, lantern] 1. (ARTHRO: Insecta) The lightorgans of fireflies and certain beetles. 2. (MOLL: Cephalopoda)The photophore. see Aristotle's lantern.lanuginous a. [L. lanugo, down] Covered with very fine softhair.lapidicolous a. [L. lapis, stone; colere, to inhabit] Living understones.lapidrous a. [L. lapis, stone] Of the nature of a stone.lappet n. [A.S. laeppa, a loose hanging part] 1. A fold, smallflap, lobe or loose hanging portion. 2. (ARTHRO: Crustacea)In Mysidacea, a ventrally projecting subdivision of thepleura. 3. (CNID: Scyphozoa) A flaplike projection on thebell margin. 4. (ECHINOD: Crinoidea) A movable plate onthe margin of an ambulacral groove. 5. (ECHI) In Bonellidae,the shortened arms of the proboscis. 6. (PLATY: Turbellaria)In Tricladida, earlike process on the head.larva n.; pl. -ae [L. larva, mask] The preadult stage in some
506Maggenti and Gardnerinvertebrates after hatching from the egg, lacking adultfeatures, usually active and feeding. larval a.larval-pupal apolysis (ARTHRO: Insecta) In Diptera, the interimbefore the cryptocephalic pupa. see pupal-adultapolysis.larval shell (MOLL: Gastropoda) The hard parts of a pelagiclarva before it settles down and undergoes metamorphosis.larval stages The period of growth between molts.larval stem nematogen (MESO: Rhombozoa) In Dicyemida, anearly stage in development.larvarium n. [L. larva, mask; -arium, place of a thing] A nestor case made by a larva as a shelter.larvate see pupa larvatalarviform a. [L. larva, mask; forma, shape] Shaped like alarva.larviparous a. [L. larva, mask; parere, to produce] Producingby bringing forth living larvae; viviparous. see oviparous.larvipositor n. [L. larva, mask; ponare, to place] (ARTHRO: Insecta)A modified ovipositor.larvivorous a. [L. larva, mask; vorare, to devour] Larvae eating.lasiopod n. [Gr. lasios, wooly; pous, foot] (ARTHRO: Crustacea)A cirral appendage of barnacles, with a transverse row ofsetae at each articulation. see acanthopod, ctenopod.lasso n. [L. laqueus, snare, noose] 1. (CNID) Fibrils, thought tobe contractile, extending down the stalk of a cnidoblast securingthe nematocyst. 2. (NEMATA) Circular traps; a threecelledring of predacious fungi that constrict around anematode, penetrating the cuticle and ramifying inside thetissue.lasso cell see coloblastlast whorl (MOLL: Gastropoda) In coiled shells, last-formedcomplete volution of a helicocone.latera pl. of latuslaterad adv. [L. latus, side; ad, toward] Toward the side, directedaway from the midline of the body.
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