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Online Dictionary of Invertebrate Zoology: Complete Work - Best Text

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586Maggenti and GardnerMullerian mimicry Similarity (usually consisting <strong>of</strong> coloration)<strong>of</strong> several species that are distasteful, poisonous, or otherwiseharmful to a predator. see Batesian mimicry.Muller's larva (PLATY: Turbellaria) In Polycladida, larva possessingeight posteriorly directed postoral lobes. seecephalotrocha larva.Muller's organ (ARTHRO: Insecta) A group <strong>of</strong> numerousscolopophores forming a swelling; in Acridoidea, applied tothe inner surface <strong>of</strong> each tympanum and connected by theauditory nerve to the metathoracic ganglion.Muller's thread see ovarial ligamentmultiangular, multiangulate a. [L. multus, many; angulus,angle] Having many angles.multiarticulate a. [L. multus, many; articulus, joint] Manyjointed;polyarthric.multicamerate a. [L. multus, many; camera, chamber] Havingmultiple chambers. see multilocular.multicarinate a. [L. multus, many; carina, keel] Having manyridges or carinae.multicellular a. [L. multus, many; cella, cell] Comprised <strong>of</strong>two or more cells; many-celled.multicolonial n. [L. multus, many; colonia, colony] (ARTHRO:Insecta) Population <strong>of</strong> social insects divided into independentcolonies or nests.multifactorial a. [L. multus, many; facere, to do] Controlledby several gene loci.multifarious a. [L. multifarius, manifold] Arranged in severalrows. see polystichous.multifid a. [L. multus, many; findere, to cleave] Having manydivisions or clefts.multiforous a. [L. multus, many; foris, gate] (ARTHRO: Insecta)A spiracle with three or more secondary openings inor near the peritreme.multilocular a. [L. multus, many; loculus, little place] Manycelled or chambered; having many divisions or compartments;plurilocular. see multicamerate.

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