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Online Dictionary of Invertebrate Zoology: Complete Work - Best Text

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576Maggenti and Gardnernumber instead <strong>of</strong> two nuclei.monaulic a. [Gr. monos, one; aulos, pipe] (MOLL: Gastropoda)Male and female portions with a common gonopore. seediaulic, triaulic.monaxon n. [Gr. monos, one; axon, axis] (PORIF) Spiculesformed by growth in one or both directions along a singleaxis. monaxonid a.monecious see monoeciousmonila n. [L. monile, necklace] (BRYO) Concentric thickening <strong>of</strong>the zooecial wall causing a beadlike appearance.monilicorn see moniliformmoniliform a. [L. monile, necklace; forma, shape] Beadlike;resembling a string <strong>of</strong> beads; contracted or jointed atregular intervals.moniliform glands (NEMATA) Beadlike cells around the uvette<strong>of</strong> the demanian system, usually forming a rosette.monoallelic a. [Gr. monos, one; allelon, one another] Referringto a polyploid in which all alleles at a locus are identical.monobasic a. [Gr. monos, one; basis, step] Describing generaoriginally based on one species only.monocentric a. [Gr. monos, one; kentron, point] Pertaining toa chromosome with one centromere.monochromatic a. [Gr. monos, one; chromos, color] Of onecolor only; unicolored.monocondylar see monocondylicmonocondylic a. [Gr. monos, one; kondylos, knuckle] Havingone condyle.monocondylic joint A joint with a single point <strong>of</strong> articulationbetween segments.monocrepid a. [Gr. monos, one; krepis, base] (PORIF) Pertainingto a desma formed on a monaxon.monocule n. [Gr. monos, single; L. oculus, eye] (ARTHRO) Aone-eyed animal, as certain crustaceans and insects.monocyclic a. [Gr. monos, one; kyklos, circle] (ECHINOD: Cri-

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