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Online Dictionary of Invertebrate Zoology: Complete Work - Best Text

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598Maggenti and Gardnerbecome apparent. 4. (BRYO) Zooids laid down in the phase<strong>of</strong> astogenic change.neap a. [ME. neep, neap] A series <strong>of</strong> tides exhibiting a smalltidal range; occurring midway between spring tides.Nearctic a. [Gr. neos, new; arkticos, bear] Pertaining to orbelonging to a terrestrial division comprised <strong>of</strong> Greenlandand North America, and including northern Mexico.neascus larva (PLATY: Trematoda) In Strigeidae and Diplostomatidae,a type <strong>of</strong> metacercaria with a cup-shapedforebody and a well developed hindbody.nebulous a. [L. nebula, cloud] Clouded; marked with manyscattered dilated colors or spots; indistinct.neck n. [A.S. hnecca, neck] 1. (ARTHRO: Insecta) The slenderconnecting structure between head and thorax where thehead is free. 2. (MOLL) Distal part <strong>of</strong> the base <strong>of</strong> a siphonostomatousshell, starting where outline <strong>of</strong> left sidechanges from convex to concave. 4. (PLATY: Cestoda) Theunsegmented area between the scolex and strobilae. 3.(NEMATA) The slender, anterior portion <strong>of</strong> the body containingthe esophagus.neck organ see nuchal organnecrobiosis n. [Gr. nekros, corpse; bios, life] A series <strong>of</strong> tissuechanges occurring after the death <strong>of</strong> an individual cell.necrocytosis n. [Gr. nekros, corpse; kytos, container] Death<strong>of</strong> a cell.necrophagous a. [Gr. nekros, corpse; phagein, to eat] Feedingupon decaying flesh.necrophoresis, necrophoric behavior (ARTHRO: Insecta)Carrying dead colony members away from the nest.necrosis n. [Gr. nekros, corpse; izein, cause to be] The death<strong>of</strong> cells or tissues.necrotize v.t. [Gr. nekros, corpse] To kill cells and tissues in aliving organism.nectar n. [Gr. nektar, drink <strong>of</strong> the gods] A sweet substancesecreted by flowers and certain leaves; the food <strong>of</strong> manyinsects.

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