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Online Dictionary of Invertebrate Zoology: Complete Work - Best Text

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60Maggenti and Gardnerbehavior. see heterogamy.anisoglottid a. [Gr. anisos, unequal; glottis, mouth <strong>of</strong> thewindpipe] (NEMATA: Secernentea) Having a glottoid apparatuswith metarhabdions at different levels. see isoglottid.anisognathous a. [Gr. anisos, unequal; gnathos, jaw] Bearingunequal jaws.anisomorpha n. [Gr. anisos, unequal; morphe, form] (AR-THRO: Insecta) Insects whose metamorphosis differ in variousways.anisomorphic a. [Gr. anisos, unequal; morphe, form] Varyingin form, size or structure. see isomorphic.anisomyarian a. [Gr. anisos, unequal; myos, muscle] 1. Havingunequal muscles. 2. (MOLL: Bivalvia) Having the anterioradductor muscle reduced or absent. see monomyarian.anisotropic a. [Gr. anisos, unequal; tropein, to turn] Doublyrefracting, such as dark bands in the sarcomere <strong>of</strong> a musclefiber. see isotropic.ankistroid see ancistroidankylosis, anchylosis n. [Gr. angcheein, to press tight] 1.The union or fusion <strong>of</strong> parts into one structure. 2. A stiffnessor immobility <strong>of</strong> a joint.anlage n.; pl. -en, -es [Ger. anlage, predisposition] A primordiumor cell group that constitutes identification <strong>of</strong> a part ororgan. see blastema.annectent a. [L. annectere, to bind together] Linking; an intermediate;connecting together.annelet n. [L. dim. annellus, little ring] (ARTHRO: Insecta) InHymenoptera, a small ring-joint between the basal scapeand the funicule <strong>of</strong> the antenna.Annelida, annelids n.; n.pl. [L. annulus, ring; Gr. eidos, form]A phylum <strong>of</strong> segmented or cylindrical ringed worms, encompassingthe Polychaeta, mainly free-living and marine,the Oligochaeta, mainly free-living, either terrestrial(earthworms), fresh water, or marine, and the Hirudinoideaor leeches, that are ectoparasitic, fresh water, marine, or

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