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Online Dictionary of Invertebrate Zoology: Complete Work - Best Text

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570Maggenti and Gardnermicrosomites n.pl. [Gr. mikros, small; soma, body] (ARTHRO:Insecta) In embryology, small secondary rings or somites<strong>of</strong> the macrosomites later to become body segments.microspecies n.pl. [Gr. mikros, small; L. species, a kind] Asmall local species population that shows little variability;jordanon.microspines n.pl. [Gr. mikros, small; L. spina, thorn] (AR-THRO: Insecta) In some larvae, minute spines on the exteriorbody wall.microstome n. [Gr. mikros, small; stoma, mouth] A smallopening or orifice.microsymbiote n. [Gr. mikros, small; symbiosis, life together]A term designating the smaller organism, or microorganism,<strong>of</strong> a symbiotic association.microthorax n. [Gr. mikros, small; thorax, chest] (ARTHRO:Insecta) The neck or cervix, when the cervix is a reducedbody segment.microthrix n.; pl. microtrices [Gr. mikros, small; thrix, hair](PLATY: Cestoda) One <strong>of</strong> the minute folds <strong>of</strong> the tegumentthat aid in absorption <strong>of</strong> nutrients.microtome n. [Gr. mikros, small; temnein, to cut] Instrumentfor cutting thin sections <strong>of</strong> tissues for microscopic examination.microtomy n. [Gr. mikros, small; temnein, to cut] The science<strong>of</strong> cutting and staining <strong>of</strong> thin sections <strong>of</strong> tissues for microscopicexamination.microtrichia n.pl.; sing. -ium [Gr. mikros, small; thrix, hair]1. (ARTHRO: Insecta) Minute, abundant, non-articulate hairsfound on the wings (aculeae). see macrotrichia. 2.(PLATY: Cestoda) see microthrix.microtubules n.pl. [Gr. mikros, small; L. tubulus, small waterpipe] Minute tubules in cells that are <strong>of</strong>ten cross-linked;found in cilia, spindle fibers, and in the cytoplasm wherethey form the cytoskeleton.microtype n. [Gr. mikros, small; typos, type] (CNID: Anthozoa)A normal mesentery arrangement. see macrotype.microvillus n.; pl. -villi [Gr. mikros, small; L. villus, shaggy

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