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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> 699pleuron see pleurapleuropod see precoxapleuropodium n.; pl. -dia [Gr. pleuron, side; pous, foot] 1.(ARTHRO: Insecta) Lateral embryonic band formed by amodified abdominal leg. 2. (MOLL: Gastropoda) One <strong>of</strong> apair <strong>of</strong> mantle lobes.pleurosternal suture see mesopleurosternal suturepleurosternite see laterosternitepleurosternum n. [Gr. pleuron, side; sternon, chest] (ARTHRO:Insecta) A thoraxic sternal plate that facilitates the limbbases; the coxosternum. pleurosternal a.pleurostoma n. [Gr. pleuron, side; stoma, mouth] (ARTHRO:Insecta) The region <strong>of</strong> the subgena above the mandible.pleurostomal a.pleurostomal suture (ARTHRO: Insecta) The part <strong>of</strong> the subgenalsulcus above the mandible.pleurotergite n. [Gr. pleuron, side; L. tergum, back; Gr. -ites,nature <strong>of</strong>] (ARTHRO: Insecta) 1. A sclerite containing bothpleural and tergal elements. 2. In Diptera, the lateral area<strong>of</strong> the mesopostnotum, above the metathoracic spiracle; inmosquitoes, divisible into lower and upper pleuotergites,represented by apodemes internally.pleurothetic a. [Gr. pleuron, side; thatos, placed] (MOLL: Bivalvia)Resting on its side, especially in regard to oysters.pleuston n. [Gr. pleustes, sailor] Free-floating macroorganisms.plexus n.; pl. plexuses [L. plexus, a twining] A network <strong>of</strong>interlaced nerves or blood vessels.plica n.; pl. -cae [L. plicare, to fold] 1. A bend, fold, wrinkles,crenulations or scallops; annulets. 2. (MOLL: Bivalvia) a. Alamellibranch gill in which the lamella are thrown into verticalfolds; the apex is farthest from the interlamellar cavity.b. Fold or costa involving the entire thickness <strong>of</strong> the shellwall; plication.plica analis see vannal foldplica jugalis (ARTHRO: Insecta) The jugal fold or radial line <strong>of</strong>

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