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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> 735prohaptor n. [Gr. pro, before; haptein, to fasten] (PLATY: Trematoda)In Monogenea, the anterior adhesive and feedingorgans.prohemocyte, prohaemocyte n. [Gr. pro, before; haima,blood; kytos, container] (ARTHRO) A small, round, oval orelliptical hemocyte with a relatively large nucleus and intenselybasophilic cytoplasm that divides and gives rise toother types <strong>of</strong> cells; hemocytoblast; stem cell; urzellen.prolegs n.pl. [L. pro, before; ON. leggr, leg] (ARTHRO: Insecta)The fleshy abdominal legs <strong>of</strong> larvae; false legs.proleucocyte see prohemocyteproleucocytoid see prohemocyteproliferation n. [L. proles, <strong>of</strong>fspring; ferre, to bear] An increasein size due to budding or cell division.proliferation zone (ARTHRO: Diplopoda) The place where newsegments are formed; between last segment and telson.prolobic a. [Gr. pro, before; lobos, lobe] (ANN: Oligochaeta)Referring to a prostomium demarcated from and without atongue in the peristomium.prolymphocyte see prohemocytepromentum n. [L. pro, before; mentum, chin] (ARTHRO: Diplopoda)A median sclerite in the gnathochilarium, anterior <strong>of</strong>the mentum or stipites.promerites n.pl. [Gr. pro, before; meros, part] (ARTHRO: Diplopoda)In male Julida, the eighth pair <strong>of</strong> body limbs usedin conjunction with the ninth pair <strong>of</strong> trunk legs (mesomerite)to draw out the female vulva.promesonotal suture (ARTHRO: Insecta) In Hymenoptera, thetransverse seam separating the pronotum from themesonotum <strong>of</strong> Formicidae.prometaphase n. [Gr. pro, before; meta, between; phasis,appearance] In meiosis and mitosis the stage at which thechromosomes move to the equatorial plate.prominence n. [L. prominens, projecting] A raised, producedor projecting area. prominent a.promitochondrion n.; pl. -ria [Gr. pro, before; mitos, thread;

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