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Online Dictionary of Invertebrate Zoology: Complete Work - Best Text

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690Maggenti and Gardnerphytoparasite n. [Gr. phyton, plant; para, beside; sitos, food]A plant parasite. phytoparasitic a.phytophaga n.pl. [Gr. phyton, plant; phagein, to eat] A member<strong>of</strong> a vegetable-eating group <strong>of</strong> animals.phytophagous a. [Gr. phyton, plant; phagein, to eat] Feedingon plants; herbivorous.phytophilous a. [Gr. phyton, plant; philos, loving] Pertainingto species that live or feed on plants.piceous a. [L. piceus, pitchy] Pitch-black, brownish or reddishblack.pick n. [A.S. pic, pike] (ARTHRO: Insecta) In Psocoptera, a detachedstyliform process <strong>of</strong> the lacinia.pictured a. [L. pictura, picture] (ARTHRO: Insecta) Pertaining tospots or bands on wings.pigment n. [L. pignere, to paint] Coloring matter <strong>of</strong> plants andanimals.pigmenta cercaria (PLATY: Trematoda) Amphistome cercariawith stellate melanophores. see diplocotylea cercaria.pigment cell A chromatophore; a chromocyte.pileus n.; pl. pilei [L. pileus, cap] (CNID: Scyphozoa) The umbrella-shapedstructure <strong>of</strong> a jellyfish.pilidium n. [L. dim. pileus, cap] (NEMER) A helmet-shapedfree-swimming larva.pilifer n. [L. pilus, hair; ferre, to carry] (ARTHRO: Insecta) InLepidoptera, one <strong>of</strong> a pair <strong>of</strong> lateral projections on the labrum.piliferous a. [L. pilus, hair, ferre, to carry] Bearing hair.pillar n. [L. pila, pillar] 1. (MOLL: Bivalvia) An inwardly projectingouter shell layer along the length <strong>of</strong> the lower valve.2. See columellapillared eye see turbinate eyepilose a. [L. pilus, hair] Hairy; with fine, s<strong>of</strong>t hair.pilus n.; pl. pili [L. pilus, hair] A hair or hair-like structure.pinacocyte n. [Gr. pinax, tablet; kytos, container] (PORIF) Thelarge flat polygonal cells that line all surfaces, except those

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