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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> 579<strong>of</strong> zooid occurs in the zone <strong>of</strong> asexual reproduction.monomorphic polypides (BRYO: Phylactolaemata) One morphologictype <strong>of</strong> organ system in an asexual budding zone.monomorphic zooids (BRYO: Gymnolaemata) Zooids <strong>of</strong> onemorphologic type in the zone <strong>of</strong> astrogenetic repetition.monomorphism n. [Gr. monos, one; morphe, form] 1. Apopulation that exhibits a single form. see polymorphism.2. Species that contain only the female sex. see dimorphism.3. (ARTHRO: Insecta) In social insects, havingwithin a species or colony only a single worker subcaste.monomorphic a.monomyarian a. [Gr. monos, one; mys, muscle] 1. Havingonly one muscle. 2. (MOLL: Bivalvia) In oysters and scallops,pertaining to the anterior adductor muscle that hascompletely disappeared, and the posterior adductor shiftedto a more central location between the valves; monomyariancondition. see anisomyarian.mononchoid a. [ Mononchus; Gr. eidos, like] (NEMATA: Adenophorea)Having the characteristics <strong>of</strong> the predaciousnematode genus Mononchus.mononychous a. [Gr. monos, single; onyx, claw] Pertains toorganisms having a single or uncleft claw.monoparental a. [Gr. monos, one; L. parens, progenitor] Withfemales only.monophagous a. [Gr. monos, one; phagein, to eat] Adaptedto subsist on a single kind <strong>of</strong> food; specialized on a singlehost species; monotrophic. see polyphagous, oligophagous.monophyletic a. [Gr. monos, single; phyle, tribe] 1. With asingle common ancestry. 2. Any group whose most recentcommon ancestor is cladistically a member <strong>of</strong> that group.see polyphyletic, oligophyletic.monophyly see monophyleticmonoplacid a. [Gr. monos, one; plax, flat plate] Having onlyone plate.Monoplacophora, monoplacophorans n., n.pl. [Gr. monos,one; plax, flat plate; pherein, to carry] A class <strong>of</strong> Mollusca

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