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Online Dictionary of Invertebrate Zoology: Complete Work - Best Text

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734Maggenti and GardnerChelicerata) In Acari, referring to the area between theprimary and secondary genital opening and to the secondaryopening itself.progenital chamber (ARTHRO: Chelicerata) In Acari, thechamber between the primary and secondary genitalopening <strong>of</strong> Acariformes.progenital lips (ARTHRO: Chelicerata) In Acari, paired symmetricalvalves that close the progenital chamber <strong>of</strong> manyAcariformes.progenitor n. [L. pro, before; gignere, to beget] An ancestralspecies.progeny n. [L. pro, before; gignere, to beget] Offspring;young.proglottid n. [Gr. pro, before; glotta, tongue] (PLATY: Cestoda)One complete unit <strong>of</strong> reproductive organs in a strobila;usually corresponding to a segment.proglottis n.; pl. -ides [Gr. pro, before; glotta, tongue](PLATY: Cestoda) A proglottid.prognathous a. [Gr. pro, before; gnathos, jaw] Having mouthparts directed forward. see hypognathous, opisthognathous.progoneate a. [Gr. pro, before; gonos, <strong>of</strong>fspring] Having thegenital opening in the anterior region <strong>of</strong> the body. see opisthogoneate.prograde a. [Gr. pro, before; L. gradus, step] (ARTHRO: Chelicerata)In spiders, having the dorsal surface <strong>of</strong> the leg uppermost.progredientes n.pl. [L. progrediens, advancing] (ARTHRO: Insecta)In Adelgidae, nymphs <strong>of</strong> the third generation thatsoon develop into wingless agamic females.progressive provisioning The practice <strong>of</strong> feeding the youngduring their development. see mass provisioning.progynous a. [Gr. pro, anterior; gyne, woman] (ANN: Oligochaeta)Having ovaries restricted to segment xii or ahomoeotic equivalent.prohaemocyte see prohemocyte

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