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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> 547vides.meriston n. [L. merizein, to divide] (ARTHRO: Insecta) Themost basal annulus <strong>of</strong> the antennal flagellum.meritrichy a. [Gr. meros, part; trichos, hair] (ARTHRO: Chelicerata)In Acari, chaetotaxy characterized by a reduction innumber and size <strong>of</strong> setae from the holotrichous form.mermithaner n. [Gr. mermis, cord; aner, male] (ARTHRO: Insecta)Male Formicidae parasitized by the nematode Mermis;a mermithophore.mermithergate n. [Gr. mermis, cord; ergates, worker] (AR-THRO: Insecta) In Formicidae, a worker parasitized by thenematode Mermis; a mermithophore.mermithized a. [Gr. mermis, cord] (NEMATA) Pertaining toparasitism by nematodes <strong>of</strong> the genus Mermis.mermithodinergate see mermithostratiotemermithogyne n. [Gr. mermis, cord; gyne, woman] (ARTHRO:Insecta) A female Formicidae parasitized by the nematodeMermis; a mermithophore.mermithophore n. [Gr. mermis, cord; pherein, to carry](NEMATA) An anomalous form resulting from parasitism bythe nematode Mermis; a mermithaner, mermithergate,mermithogyne, mermithostratiote.mermithostratiote n. [Gr. mermis, cord; stratiotes, soldier](ARTHRO: Insecta) Soldier Formicidae parasitized by thenematode Mermis; a mermithophore.mermitoid esophagus see stichosomemeroandry n. [Gr. meros, part; aner, male] The condition <strong>of</strong>possessing less than the normal number <strong>of</strong> testes.meroandric a. see holandry.meroblastic cleavage Cleavage <strong>of</strong> a heavily yolked egg inwhich only the egg cell divides, leaving the yolk undivided.merocerite n. [Gr. meros, part; keras, horn] (ARTHRO: Crustacea)The 4th segment <strong>of</strong> an antenna.merocrine a. [Gr. meros, part; krinein, to separate] Thepassing <strong>of</strong> a secretion by a gland in which the nucleus remainsintact and thereby can recover. see holocrine.

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