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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> 705pollex n. [L. pollex, thumb] 1. The thumb. 2. (ARTHRO: Insecta)In Lepidoptera, a finger-like process at the anal angle<strong>of</strong> the cucullus <strong>of</strong> Noctuidae. 3. (ARTHRO: Crustacea)see fixed finger.polliniferous, pollinigerous a. [L. pollen, fine flour; ferre, tocarry] Pollen bearing; formed for collecting pollen.pollinose a. [L. pollen, fine flour; -osus, full <strong>of</strong>] Covered with apowdery coating.polyact n. [Gr. polys, many; L. actum, deed] (PORIF) A megasclerespicule with many rays diverging from a central focus.polyadenous cercaria (PLATY: Trematoda) Cercaria with astylet and paired groups <strong>of</strong> penetration glands.polyandric a. [Gr. polys, many; aner, male] (ANN: Oligochaeta)Having testes in more segments than x-xi.polyandry n. [Gr. polys, many; aner, male] Females that matewith more than one male. polyandrous a.polyarthric see multiarticulatepolyaxon n. [Gr. polys, many; axon, axle] (PORIF) Spiculeswith several equal rays radiating from a central point.polybasic a. [Gr. polys, many; basis, base] 1. Having morethan one base. 2. Genera originated on a number <strong>of</strong> species.polycentric a. [Gr. polys, many; kentron, point] Having severalgrowth centers or centromeres.Polychaeta, polychaetes n.; n.pl. [Gr. polys, many; chaite,hair] The largest and very diverse class <strong>of</strong> the Phylum Annelida;commony called bristle worms, widely distributedthroughout the marine environment.polychromatic a. [Gr. polys, many; chroma, color] Havingmany colors.polydelphic a. [Gr. polys, many; delphys, womb] (NEMATA)Having more than four uteri.polydisk, polydisc n. [Gr. polys, many; diskos, disc] (CNID:Scyphozoa) The process <strong>of</strong> several ephyrae developing simultaneously,the most mature at the distal end. seemonodisk, strobilation.

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