Online Dictionary of Invertebrate Zoology: Complete Work - Best Text

Online Dictionary of Invertebrate Zoology 591mutic, mutilous a. [L. muticus; shortened] Unarmed; lackingdefensive processes that usually occur.mutilate v.t. [L. mutilus, cut-off] To deprive of one or moreessential part(s); to amputate.muton n. [L. mutare, to change] The smallest element in thearray of mutation sites, that when altered, may give rise toa mutant.mutualism n. [L. mutuus, reciprocal] A type of symbiosis inwhich both host and symbiont benefit from the association.muzzle n. [OF. musel, snout] Snout.myarian a. [Gr. mys, muscle] 1. Referring to muscle, as inmeromyarian. 2. (MOLL: Bivalvia) Used in classification asto number and position of the adductor muscles.mycelium n. [Gr. mykes, fungus] In fungi, the network offilaments that form the vegetative part.mycetangium n. [Gr. mykes, fungus; angeion, vessel] (AR-THRO: Insecta) The fungus-storing organs of Platypodinae,a sac-like invagination of the epidermis at the posteriorpart of the prothorax.mycetocyte n. [Gr. mykes, fungus; kytos, container] A large,polyploid cell containing intracellular mutualistic and commensalisticmicrosymbiotes; one of many cells that makeup the mycetome. see symbiosis.mycetome n. [Gr. mykes, fungus; -oma, mass] A specializedstructure or organ that houses symbiotes.mycetometochy n. [Gr. mykes, fungus; metochos, sharing](ARTHRO: Insecta) Symbiosis between fungi and the dwellersof compound nests.mycetophagous a. [Gr. mykes, fungus; phagein, to eat]Feeding on fungi; mycophagous; fungivorous.mycohelminths n.pl. [Gr. mykes, fungus; helmins, worm]Fungivorous nematodes.mycophagous a. [Gr. mykes, fungus; phagein, to eat] Feedingon fungi; mycetophagous; fungivorous.mycosis n. [Gr. mykes, fungus; -sis, process of] Any diseasecaused by the invasion of fungi.