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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> 63anoxybiont n. [Gr. an, without; oxys, sharp; bios, life] An organismincapable <strong>of</strong> using oxygen as opposed to one that isaerobic.ansa n. [L. ansa, handle] A loop or loop-like structure.ansiform a. [L. ansa, handle; forma, shape] Looped, or looplikein shape.antafossa see antennal fossaantagonism n. [Gr. antagonistes, competitor] 1. Inhibition orinterference in growth <strong>of</strong> an organism due to unfavorableconditions created by the presence <strong>of</strong> another species. 2.Opposing action by two different muscles or structures. 3.Neutralizing ability <strong>of</strong> one drug or hormone upon another;chalone.antagonistic symbiosis A symbiotic association in which onesymbiont seeks to establish domination over the other. seeparasitism.anteal a. [L. ante, before] Being in front or forward.antealar a. [L. ante, before; ala, wing] (ARTHRO: Insecta)Pertaining to being positioned anterior to the front wing.antealar sinus (ARTHRO: Insecta) In Odonata, the transversegrooved area in front <strong>of</strong> the base <strong>of</strong> the front wings.anteapical a. [L. ante, before; apex, summit] Proximal <strong>of</strong> theapex.anteapical cell (ARTHRO: Insecta) A cell in the distal part <strong>of</strong>the wing.anteclypeus n. [L. ante, before; clypeus, shield] (ARTHRO: Insecta)The anterior division <strong>of</strong> the clypeus when differentiatedfrom the postclypeus by a sulcus or suture. seeclypeus.antecosta n. [L. ante, before; costa, rib] (ARTHRO: Insecta)The anterior marginal or submarginal interior tergal orsternal plate, on which the longitudinal muscles are attached.antecostal sulcus/suture (ARTHRO: Insecta) The groove <strong>of</strong>the intersegmental sclerite that marks the base <strong>of</strong> the antecosta.

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