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Online Dictionary of Invertebrate Zoology: Complete Work - Best Text

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594Maggenti and Gardnermyrmecophagous a. [Gr. myrmex, ant; phagein, to eat]Feeding on ants.myrmecophile n. [Gr. myrmex, ant; philos, love] A symbiont<strong>of</strong> ants.myrmecophilous a. [Gr. myrmex, ant; philos, love] Fondness<strong>of</strong>, or benefited by an association with ants. see myrmecole.myrmecophily n. [Gr. myrmex, ant; philos, love] (ARTHRO:Insecta) The utilization by other insects, mainly beetles, <strong>of</strong>ant colonies as domiciles and sources <strong>of</strong> food; ant symbiosis.myrmecophilous a.myrmecophobic a. [Gr. myrmex, ant; phobeisthai, to flee]Having the ability to repel ants.myrmecophyte n. [Gr. myrmex, ant; phyton, plant] A myrmecophilousplant that has an obligatory, mutualistic relationshipwith ants.myrmecoxenes n.pl. [Gr. myrmex, ant; xenos, guest] Trueguests <strong>of</strong> ants. see symphile.mysis stage (ARTHRO: Crustacea) In Decapoda, a larval stagein which only the thoracopods are used in swimming andthe compound eye is stalked; schizopod larva. see zoea.mystacine a. [Gr. mystax, moustache] Bearded; having tactilehairs or vibrissae.mystax n. [Gr. mystax, moustache] (ARTHRO: Insecta) A cluster<strong>of</strong> hairs or bristles above the mouth; beard.mytiliform a. [L. mytilus, sea mussel; forma, shape] 1. (AR-THRO: Insecta) In aquatic Hemiptera, the shell-shapedswimming feet. 2. (MOLL: Bivalvia) Having the form <strong>of</strong> amussel shell; mytiloid; shell shaped like the genus Mytilus.myzesis n. [Gr. myzein, to suck] Suction or sucking.myzorhynchus n. [Gr. myzein, to suck; rhynchos, snout](PLATY: Cestoda) In some Tetraphyllidea, an apical stalked,sucker-like organ on the scolex.

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