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Online Dictionary of Invertebrate Zoology: Complete Work - Best Text

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<strong>Online</strong> <strong>Dictionary</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>Invertebrate</strong> <strong>Zoology</strong> 627oedaeagus, oedeagus, oedoeagus see aedeagusoenocytes n.pl. [Gr. oinos, wine; kytos, container] (ARTHRO:Insecta) Large cells in a group on either side <strong>of</strong> each abdominalsegment, between the bases <strong>of</strong> the epidermal cellsand basement membrane, or form clusters in the bodycavity or dispersed and embedded in the body fat; in immatures,associated with molting, and maybe production <strong>of</strong>lipids in cuticle or synthesis <strong>of</strong> ecdysone.oenocytoid n. [Gr. oinos, wine; kytos, container; eidos, form](ARTHRO: Insecta) Round or oval cells, with darkly stainingnucleus and clear, uniform, weakly acidophil cytoplasm.oeruginous, oeruginus see aeruginousoesophagus see esophagusoestrus see estrus<strong>of</strong>ficial index A list <strong>of</strong> names or works suppressed or declaredinvalid by the ICZN.<strong>of</strong>ficial list A list <strong>of</strong> names or works declared to be valid by theICZN.ogival a. [F. ogive, pointed arch] Bearing the shape <strong>of</strong> an arch.ogive n.oikosite n. [Gr. oikos, house; sitos, food] An attached or stationarycommensal or parasite.olfactory a. [L. olfacere, to smell] Pertaining to the sense <strong>of</strong>smell; among invertebrates, the organs are variouslyplaced: antennae <strong>of</strong> insects and other arthropods, tips <strong>of</strong>the palpi and legs <strong>of</strong> spiders, pits on the heads <strong>of</strong> variousworms, or osphradia <strong>of</strong> mollusks. olfactibon n.olfactory cone see sensillum basiconicumolfactory hair see aesthetascolfactory lobes (ARTHRO) In the midbrain or deutocerebrum.olfactory papilla (MOLL: Cephalopoda) Papilla found onTeuthoidea, Sepiidae and Vampyromorpha on either side <strong>of</strong>the head near the neck.olfactory pits (MOLL: Cephalopoda) In Octopodidae, olfactorypits on either side <strong>of</strong> the head near the neck.olfactory pores see sensillum campaniformium

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