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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> 529macronucleocyte see prohemocytemacrophage n. [Gr. makros, large; phagein, to eat] A largephagocytic cell <strong>of</strong> the body.macrophagous a. [Gr. makros, large; phagein, to eat] Feedingon large objects. see microphagous.macrophthalmic a. [Gr. makros, large; ophthalmos, eye]Having large eyes; having eyes larger than normal.macroplankton n. [Gr. makros, large; planktos, wandering]Large organisms such as jellyfish that drift with the currents.macropore see megaloporemacropseudogyne see pseudogynemacropterous a. [Gr. makros, large; pteron, wing] (ARTHRO:Insecta) Having a long or large wing. see brachypterous.macrosclere see megascleremacroscopic, macroscopical a. [Gr. makros, large; skopein,to view] Capable <strong>of</strong> being studied with the unaided eye;megascopic. see microscopic.macroseptum n. [Gr. makros, large; L. septum, partition] 1.(CNID: Anthozoa) The variously functioning primary septum.2. (NEMER) In asexual reproduction, a partition acrossthe body marking the plane <strong>of</strong> subsequent fragmentation.macrosiphon n. [Gr. makros, large; siphon, tube] (MOLL:Cephalopoda) Internal siphon <strong>of</strong> certain cuttlefishes, and alloctopuses.macrosymbiont n. [Gr. makros, large; symbios, living together]The larger <strong>of</strong> two symbiotic organisms.macrotaxonomy n. [Gr. makros, large; taxis, arrangement]The classification <strong>of</strong> higher taxa.macrotrichia n.pl.; sing. -ium [Gr. makros, large; thrix, hair]1. The larger surface hairs. 2. (ARTHRO: Insecta) The largehairs on the wing membrane.macrotype n. [Gr. makros, large; typos, type] (CNID: Anthozoa)Modified arrangement <strong>of</strong> mesenteries consistingmainly <strong>of</strong> macromesenteries. see microtype.macrurous a. [Gr. makros, large; oura, tail] Long-tailed.

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