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Online Dictionary of Invertebrate Zoology 681in a body, fixed or moving, capable of active ingestion anddigestion. see plasmatocytes.phagocytosis n. [Gr. phagein, to eat; kytos, container] Theingestion of solid particles by a cell. phagocytic a.phagosome n. [Gr. phagein, to eat; soma, body] A membrane-boundvesicle in the cytoplasm of a cell resultingfrom phagocytosis.phagotroph n. [Gr. phagein, to eat; trophon, food] An organismthat ingests food by phagocytosis.phallic gland (ARTHRO: Insecta) In some Orthoptera, a glandthat lies on the posterior part of the accessory gland tubulemass to the left of the ejaculatory duct and opens on thedistal part of the left phallomere; conglobate gland.phallic organ (ARTHRO: Insecta) Median intromittent apparatusof males located on segment 9 and consisting of phallusor phallomeres and lobes from the phallobase; penis.phallobase n. [Gr. phallos, penis; basis, bottom] (ARTHRO: Insecta)Proximal part of the phallus of males, a large basalstructure supporting the aedeagus; a thecal fold or sheatharound the aedeagus; basal phallic sclerites in the wall ofthe genital chamber.phallocrypt n. [Gr. phallos, penis; kryptos, hidden] (ARTHRO:Insecta) In males, a pocket of the phallobase or wall of thegenital chamber containing the base of the aedeagus.phallomeres n.pl. [Gr. phallos, penis; meros, part] (ARTHRO:Insecta) Genital phalic lobes formed at the sides of thegonopore of males, that form an inner pair of mesomersthat unite to form the aedeagus, the intromittent organ,and outer parameres that develop into claspers of variableform.phallosome n. [Gr. phallos, penis; soma, body] (ARTHRO: Insecta)Complex structure ssurrounding the gonopore betweenthe proctiger, gonocoxite and sternum IX in malemosquitoes.phallotheca n.; pl. -thecae [Gr. phallos, penis; theke, case](ARTHRO: Insecta) In males, a fold or tubular extension ofthe phallobase partly or completely enclosing theaedeagus.