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Online Dictionary of Invertebrate Zoology: Complete Work - Best Text

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730Maggenti and Gardnersimilar to taxodont.priority n.; pl. -ties [L. prior, former, superior] The principlethat <strong>of</strong> two competing names for the same taxon (belowthe rank <strong>of</strong> an infraorder) the validity is based on whichwas published first, either by date or page (when in thesame journal).prisere n. [L. primus, first; serere, to join] A primary sere;complete natural succession <strong>of</strong> communities, from barehabitat to climax. see plagiosere.prismatic a. [Gr. prisma, prism] 1. In the shape <strong>of</strong> a prism;microscopically honeycombed; a needle-like prism structure.2. (MOLL: Bivalvia) Pertaining to a type <strong>of</strong> shell structurethat consists <strong>of</strong> calcite or aragonite prisms.proala n. [L. pro, before; ala, wing] (ARTHRO: Insecta) Theanterior wing; fore wing.proandry n. [Gr. pro, before; aner, male] 1. Anterior pair <strong>of</strong>testes. 2. (ANN: Oligochaeta) Testes restricted to segmentX or homoeotic equivalent.prob<strong>of</strong>ossa see premental gutterprobolae n.pl. [Gr. probolos, any projecting prominence](NEMATA) Ornate cuticular structures <strong>of</strong>ten fringed and/orbranched, <strong>of</strong> the labial or cephalic region.proboscides n.pl. [Gr. pro, before; proboskis, trunk] (PLATY:Cestoda) Four long, tentacle-like, retractable structureswith rows <strong>of</strong> hooks in the order Trypanorhyncha.proboscidial fossa (ARTHRO: Insecta) In Hymenoptera, thedeep groove on the under side <strong>of</strong> the head <strong>of</strong> bees, inwhich the proboscis is folded in repose.proboscipedia n. [Gr. proboskis, trunk; L. pes, foot] (ARTHRO:Insecta) The anomaly <strong>of</strong> a labellum maturing as a leg.proboscis n.; pl. proboscises [Gr. proboskis, trunk] 1. Anyextended trunk or beaklike sucking mouth parts <strong>of</strong> numerousinvertebrates, as <strong>of</strong> leeches, planarians, dipteran insects,nemertine worms, acanthacephalans, annelids andmollusks. 2. (ECHI) Muscular food gathering and respiratoryorgan extending from the trunk near the mouth.proboscis bulb (PLATY: Cestoda) In Tranypanorhyncha, mus-

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