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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> 703exactly alike. 2. The development <strong>of</strong> two or more larvalforms <strong>of</strong> the same sex. poecilogonous a. see poecilogeny.poecilogyny n. [Gr. poikilos, various; gyne, wife] (ARTHRO:Insecta) More than one form <strong>of</strong> female.poecilonymy, pecilonymy n. [Gr. poikilo, varied; onyma,name] 1. The use <strong>of</strong> two or more terms to indicate thesame thing. 2. A synonym, i.e., a systematic name, as <strong>of</strong> aspecies or genus, being designated and later regarded asan incorrect form, rejected and replaced with another morecorrectly applied.Pogonophora, pogonophorans n.; n.pl. [Gr. pogonophoros,wearing a beard] A phylum <strong>of</strong> sedentary marine wormsthat are the only nonparasitic metazoans that lack amouth, gut or anus, and are commonly called beardworms.poikilonymy n. [Gr. poikilo, varied; onyma, name] The combining<strong>of</strong> names or terms from different systems <strong>of</strong> nomenclature.poikilosmotic a. [Gr. poikilos, various; osmos, impulse] Havingan internal osmotic pressure varying with the environmentalmedium.poikilothermal a. [Gr. poikilos, various; thermos, warm] Coldblooded;having a body temperature that rises or falls withthe environmental temperature; ectothermal.poikilotherm n. see homoiothermal.point mutation Intragenic mutation in which recombination isnot impaired.poiser see halterpoison glands 1. (ARTHRO: Insecta) a. In Apocritan Hymenoptera,modified accessory reproductive glands associatedwith the ovipositor or sting. b. In Lepidoptera larvae, epidermalglands associated with setae or spines. 2. (MOLL:Cephalopoda) The posterior salivary glands.poison sac see venom glandpoison seta 1. (ANN: Polychaeta) Elongate pungent chitinousbristles that project from the parapodia, may be hollow and

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