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Online Dictionary of Invertebrate Zoology: Complete Work - Best Text

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512Maggenti and Gardnereye, serving to focus the rays <strong>of</strong> light.lentic, lenitic a. [L. lentus, slow, viscous] Living in still water;applied to organisms that inhabit swamps, ponds or lakes.see lotic.lenticular a. [L. lenticularis, lentil-shaped] Having the form <strong>of</strong>a biconvex lens.lentigerous a. [L. lens, lentil; gerere, to bear] Having a lens.lepidopterism a. [Gr. lepis, scale; pteron, wing; -ismos, denotingcondition] (ARTHRO: Insecta) Any pathological conditioncaused by the Lepidoptera. see erucism, paraerucism,cryptotoxic, phanerotoxic, metaerucism, pseudoerucism.lepocyte n. [Gr. lepis, scale; kytos, container] A nucleated cellwith a cell wall. see gymnocyte.leprous a. [L. lepra, scaly] Having loose irregular scales; scalelike;covered with scales.leptiform see campodeiform larvaleptoblast n. [Gr. leptos, thin; blastos, bud] (BRYO) A floatoblastthat quickly germinates after release from the parentcolony.leptoderan a. [Gr. leptos, thin; deras, hide, leather] (NEMATA)With caudal alae restricted to two sides <strong>of</strong> the body and notsurrounding or meeting posterior to the tail tip. see peloderan.leptonema n. [Gr. leptos, thin; nema, thread] A chromatinthread or chromosome at leptotene stage <strong>of</strong> prophase I inmeiosis; sometimes used as a synonym <strong>of</strong> leptotene stage.see leptotene.leptopelagic a. [Gr. leptos, thin; pelagos, sea] Extremely fineliving or non-living material floating in sea water.leptophragmata n.pl. [Gr. leptos, thin; phragma, hedge,fence] (ARTHRO: Insecta) In cryptonephridial forms, specializedcells at points <strong>of</strong> attachment <strong>of</strong> Malpighian tubulesto the rectal peritrophic membranes.leptostraterate a. [Gr. leptos, thin; stratos, covered] (ECHI-NOD: Asteroidea) Having the ambulacral plates narrow andcrowded together.

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