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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> 657branchiocardiac and postcervical grooves and joining thepostcervical in the lower part.paracardo n. [Gr. para, beside; L. cardo, hinge] (ARTHRO: Insecta)A part <strong>of</strong> the basal sclerite <strong>of</strong> the cardo <strong>of</strong> the maxilla.paraclypeus see mandibular plateparacme n. [Gr. parakme, decadence] The state <strong>of</strong> decline <strong>of</strong> agroup <strong>of</strong> organisms after the highest stage <strong>of</strong> development(acme). see phylogerontic.paracopulatory organ (ARTHRO: Crustacea) In Isopoda, aspecialized endopod <strong>of</strong> the pleopod utilized in copulation.paracymbium n. [Gr. para, beside; kymbion, small boat] (AR-THRO: Chelicerata) In mature male Arachnida, a genital appendagearising from the base <strong>of</strong> the cymbium in manygroups.parademe n. [Gr. para, beside; demas, body] A secondaryapodeme arising from the edge <strong>of</strong> a sclerite.paraderm see pronymphal membraneparadigm n. [Gr. para, beside; deigma, example] An example,pattern, or model.paraerucism n. [Gr. para, beside; L. eruca, caterpillar] (AR-THRO: Insecta) Poisoning by hairless caterpillars with secretionsby specialized glands. see lepidopterism.parafaciala n.pl. [Gr. para, beside; L. facies, face] (ARTHRO:Insecta) In Diptera, that portion <strong>of</strong> the face between thefacial ridges and the eyes. see gena.parafrontals see genovertical plateparagaster see spongocoelparagastrula n. [Gr. para, beside; dim. gaster, stomach] (PO-RIF) The gastrula formed by invagination <strong>of</strong> the flagellatecells <strong>of</strong> a amphiblastula.parageneon n. [Gr. para, beside; genos, descent] A littlechangingspecies that embraces some aberrant genotypes.paragenetic a. [Gr. para, beside; genesis, descent] A chromosomechange that influences the expression <strong>of</strong> a gene butnot structure.

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