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Online Dictionary of Invertebrate Zoology: Complete Work - Best Text

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646Maggenti and Gardnerouter plate see quadrate platesouter squama see alulaouter vertical bristles (ARTHRO: Insecta) In Diptera, the morelaterally located <strong>of</strong> the large bristles on the vertex, andrather behind the upper inner corner <strong>of</strong> the eye.ova pl. <strong>of</strong> ovumoval a. [L. ovum, egg] Egg-shaped.ovarial ligament (ARTHRO: Insecta) A ligamentous strand attachingthe terminal filaments <strong>of</strong> an ovary to the dorsaldiaphram or body wall, or may be from the opposite sideby way <strong>of</strong> a median ligament to the ventral wall <strong>of</strong> the dorsalblood vessel; functioning in suspending the developingovaries in the hemocoel.ovarian balls (ACANTHO) In females, a central mass found inthe dorsal ligament sac or free in the pseudocoelom fromwhich oogonia are differentiated; free floating ovaries.ovarian tube (ARTHRO: Insecta) The tubular part <strong>of</strong> an ovariolecontaining the germ cells, oocytes, nurse cells, and folliclecells.ovariole n. [L. dim. ovum, egg] (ARTHRO: Insecta) The tubulardivision <strong>of</strong> a female ovary where the oocytes develop.ovariotestis see ovotestisovarium see ovaryovary n. [L. ovum, egg] The female gonad <strong>of</strong> animals in whichthe egg cells are developed. ovarial, ovarian a.ovate a. (L. ovum, egg] Egg-shaped; oval.ovately-conic Formed like an egg with a somewhat conicapex.ovate-oblong Between oval and oblong.ovate-subquadrate Rounded, but somewhat four-sided.ovejector see ovijectoroverdispersion An ecological term referring to nonrandomdispersion <strong>of</strong> individuals in a habitat; as, when a minority<strong>of</strong> individual hosts bear the majority <strong>of</strong> parasites.ovicapt n. [L. ovum, egg; captus, capture] (PLATY: Cestoda) A

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