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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> 669allows extension <strong>of</strong> the foot.pedal glands (ROTIF: Bdelloidea) Glands in the retractile foot,opening through the toes, that secrete an adhesive to attachthe animal to the substrate while feeding.pedal groove (MOLL: Solenogastres) A longitudinal fold or foldswith ciliated and secretory cells in the median ventral position.pedalium n.; pl. -alia [Gr. pedalion, rudder] (CNID) Bladelikeexpansions at each corner <strong>of</strong> the umbrella that bear a motileand contractile hollow tentacle or group <strong>of</strong> tentacles.pedal levator muscle see pedal retractor musclepedal lobe (ARTHRO: Insecta) A fleshy, bump-like, non-segmentedrudimentary leg <strong>of</strong> a larva.pedal pit (MOLL: Solengastres) A ciliated pit containing secretorycells at the anterior end <strong>of</strong> the pedal groove.pedal protractor muscle (MOLL: Bivalvia) The muscle thatextends the foot.pedal retractor muscle (MOLL: Bivalvia) The muscle attachedto the shell that withdraws the foot; pedal levator muscle.pedal stridulating organ (ARTHRO: Insecta) In male HemipterousCorixidae, the spinose area on the inside <strong>of</strong> eachfront femur when drawn over the edge <strong>of</strong> the clypeus.pedamina n.pl.; sing. -um [L. pes, foot; mina, projectingpoint] (ARTHRO: Insecta) In Lepidoptera, the aborted forelegs<strong>of</strong> a nymph.peddler n. [ME. pedlere, fr. ped, basket] (ARTHRO: Insecta) Alarva <strong>of</strong> Cassidinae Coleoptera, having a forked caudalprocess supporting excrement and exuviae.pedicel n. [L. pediculus, little foot] 1. Any small or short stalkor stem supporting an organ or other structure. 2. (AR-THRO: Chelicerata) In Arachnida, the attenuated first abdominalsegment, joining the abdomen to the cephalothorax.3. (ARTHRO: Insecta) a. The second segment <strong>of</strong> theantenna. b. An ovariole stalk, or short duct connecting theegg tubes with the later oviduct. c. In Formicidae, the stem<strong>of</strong> the abdomen, between the thorax and gaster.pedicellariae n.pl. [L. pediculus, little foot] (ECHINOD) In

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