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Online Dictionary of Invertebrate Zoology: Complete Work - Best Text

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702Maggenti and Gardnerdobranchia.podocephalic glands (ARTHRO: Chelicerata) In actinotrochAcari, ancestrally four glands near the base <strong>of</strong> leg I; anterior,median, coxal, and lateral glands.podocyst n. [Gr. pous, foot; kystis, bladder] (MOLL: Gastropoda)A sinus in the foot.podocyte see plasmatocytepodomere n. [Gr. pous, foot; meros, part] (ARTHRO) An individualsegment <strong>of</strong> a limb; a podite.podophthalmite n. [Gr. pous, foot; ophthalmos, eye] (AR-THRO: Crustacea) In segmented eyestalks, one <strong>of</strong> 2 segmentsbearing the cornea.podosoma n. [Gr. pous, foot; soma, body] (ARTHRO: Chelicerata)In Acari, the region <strong>of</strong> the body that bears the legs.podospermia n. [Gr. pous, foot; sperma, seed] (ARTHRO: Chelicerata)A type <strong>of</strong> sperm transfer by the male chelicera(gonopod) <strong>of</strong> certain Acari, to the paired orifices <strong>of</strong> the femalereceptaculum seminis. see tocospermia.podous n. [Gr. pous, foot] A walking leg.poecilacanthous armature (PLATY: Cestoda) Armature withhooks on tentacles <strong>of</strong> differing sizes, shapes and arrangementswith chainettes present.poecilandry n. [Gr. poikilos, various; aner, man] More thanone form <strong>of</strong> male. see poecilogyny.poecilocyttares n.pl. [Gr. poikilos, various; kyttasos, comb](ARTHRO: Insecta) A type <strong>of</strong> nest <strong>of</strong> Vespidae in which thelayers <strong>of</strong> brood comb are supported by the outer coveringand a central support, as the limb <strong>of</strong> a tree, sometimes regardedas a group Poecilocyttares. see phragmocyttarous.poecilogeny n. [Gr. poikilos, various; gennaein, to produce](ARTHRO: Insecta) In Diptera, larval polymorphism withmore than one form, some being paedogenic and othersdeveloping normally into winged sexual adults.poecilogony n. [Gr. poikilos, various; gonos, progeny] 1. Developmentin certain invertebrate animals <strong>of</strong> the same speciesproducing two kinds <strong>of</strong> young, although the adults are

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