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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> 721ing in meadows or bogs.preadaptation n. [L. pre, before; adaptatus, fitted] The possession<strong>of</strong> the necessary genotypic or phenotypic propertiesthat permit a shift into a new niche or habitat.prealar arm (ARTHRO: Insecta) An extension in front <strong>of</strong> thewings connecting the prescutum with the pleuron; prealarbridge; prealare. see postalar arm.prealar callus (ARTHRO: Insecta) In Diptera, a projection situatedjust above the root <strong>of</strong> the wing.prealare see prealar armpreanal region see remigiumpreanal ring (ARTHRO: Diplopoda) Post-segmental ring endingtrunk; usually has a tail, anal valves and scales; forms thetelson.preapical a. [L. prae, before; apex, tip] Before the apex.preapical bristle (ARTHRO: Insecta) In Diptera, a bristle on theouter border <strong>of</strong> the tibia, below the apex.preapical gland see phasmidpreaxial a. [L. prae, before; axis, axle] On the anterior borderor before the axis.preaxillary excision (ARTHRO: Insecta) In hind wings <strong>of</strong> Hymenoptera,a second notch <strong>of</strong> the apex <strong>of</strong> the first analfold, just anterior <strong>of</strong> the first anal vein, in addition to theaxillary notch.prebascillary eyes (ARTHRO: Chelicerata) In Arachnida, theanterior lateral, posterior lateral and posterior median eyesthat have the retinal nuclei in front <strong>of</strong> the light-sensitiverods. see postbascillary eyes.prebasilare n. [L. prae, before; basis, base] (ARTHRO: Diplopoda)In the gnathochilarium, a narrow transverse sclerite,just basal to the mentum.precardo n. [L. prae, before; cardo, hinge] (ARTHRO: Diplopoda)The distal joint <strong>of</strong> a two piece cardo.precheliceral a. [L. prae, before; Gr. chele, claw; keras, horn](ARTHRO: Chelicerata) Anterior to the chelicerae; the acronand the three or four embryological segments anterior to

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