Online Dictionary of Invertebrate Zoology: Complete Work - Best Text

Online Dictionary of Invertebrate Zoology 587multilocular hydatid cyst see alveolar hydatid cystmultinucleate a. [L. multus, many; nucleus, kernel] Pertainingto cells with many nuclei; a coenocyte; polykaric.multiordinal crochets (ARTHRO: Insecta) Crochets of larvaewhen they arise from a single row, but with many alternatinglengths. see ordinal.multiovulate a. [L. multus, many; dim. ovum, egg] Withmany ovules.multiparasitism n. [L. multus, many; Gr. para, near; sitos,food] The coincident parasitism of an organism by two ormore parasites of different species.multiparous a. [L. multus, many; parere, to beget] Bearingmany offspring.multipartite a. [L. multus, many; partitis, divided] Dividedinto many parts.multiple allele A series of three or more alternative forms of agene at a single locus in a chromosome.multiplicate a. [L. multus, many; plicare, to fold] Havingmany folds or plicae.multipolar cell Cells with more than two nerves precedingfrom it.multiporous septulum (BRYO: Gymnolaemata) A membraneor plate with many holes; a rosette-plate.multiramous a. [L. multus, many; ramus, branch] Manybranched.multiramous plasmatocyte A plasmatocyte with three spindleends.multiramous vermiform cell A vermiform cell with threespindle ends.multiserial a. [L. multus, many; series, a row] Having manyseries or rows.multiserial bands (ARTHRO: Insecta) In Lepidoptera, caterpillarswith crochets absent from the mesial and lateral partsof the circle.multiserial circle (ARTHRO: Insecta) In Lepidoptera, caterpillarcrochets arranged in three or more concentric circles.