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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> 69antesternite n. [L. ante, before; Gr. sternon, breastbone] (AR-THRO: Insecta) The anterior ventral plate or spicule; basisternum;eusternum.anthelmintic, anthelminthic a. [Gr. anti, against; helmins,worm] Pertaining to therapeutic agents used against intestinalhelminths causing death or expulsion. see vermicide,vermifuge.anthobian n. [Gr. anthos, flowers; bios, life] Feeding on flowers.anthoblast n. [Gr. anthos, flower; blastos, bud] (CNID: Anthozoa)In stony corals, a young sessile polyp producing ananthocyathus.anthocaulus n. [Gr. anthos, flower; kaulos, stalk] (CNID: Anthozoa)The stalk <strong>of</strong> a solitary coral after the separation <strong>of</strong>the disklike anthocyathus.anthocodium n.; pl. -ia [Gr. anthos, flower; kodeia, head](CNID: Anthozoa) The distal end <strong>of</strong> an alcyonarian coral;the upper tentacular part <strong>of</strong> the polyp that can be retractedinto the calyx.anthocyanins n.pl. [Gr. anthos, flower; kyanos, blue] Importantplant pigments (flavones) that may contribute to theblue or red coloration <strong>of</strong> insects. see anthoxanthins.anthocyathus n.; pl. -ia [Gr. anthos, flower; kyathos, cup](CNID: Anthozoa) The disklike crown portion <strong>of</strong> solitary coralsthat separates from the stalk (anthocaulus).anthogenesis n. [Gr. anthos, flower; genesis, beginning] Theproduction <strong>of</strong> both males and females by parthenogenesis.anthophilous a. [Gr. anthos, flower; philein, to love] Designatingattraction to or feeding on flowers; anthobian.anthostele n. [Gr. anthos, flower; stele, column] (CNID: Anthozoa)The stiff proximal part <strong>of</strong> certain stoloniferan polypsinto which the tentacular portion is retracted.anthoxanthins n.pl. [Gr. anthos, flower; xanthos, yellow]Plant pigments (flavones) responsible for the ivory to yellowcolor <strong>of</strong> some true bugs and Lepidoptera. see anthocyanins.Anthozoa, anthozoans n.; n.pl. [Gr. anthos, flower; zoon,

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