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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> 761addition to a median indentation. ptycholophus n.pubescence n. [L. pubescere, to grow hairy] A covering <strong>of</strong> fines<strong>of</strong>t hairs. pubescent a.pubic a. [L. pubes, adult] Referring to the area <strong>of</strong> the genitalia.pubic process (ARTHRO: Insecta) In Scarabaeoidea, fused pubicplates above the second valvifers (fused second valvulae).puce n. [L. pulex, flea] Dark brown or purplish brown.pudendum n. [L. pudenda, external genitals] External femalegenitalia; the vulva.puerulus n. [L. puerilis, childish] (ARTHRO: Crustacea) 1.Preadult stage <strong>of</strong> Decapoda Scyllaridae; nisto, pseudibacus.2. Preadult stage <strong>of</strong> Decapoda Palinuroidea.puffs n. [ME. puf] (ARTHRO: Insecta) In Diptera, a process inwhich the bands (chromomeres) <strong>of</strong> the chromosomes <strong>of</strong>the salivary glands undergo puffing which is usually correlatedwith the production <strong>of</strong> exportable proteins in theglandular cells; thought to reflect gene activity.pulmonarium n.; pl. -ria (ARTHRO: Insecta) A type <strong>of</strong> abdomenwith membranous connections between the sclerites<strong>of</strong> the terga and pleura <strong>of</strong> the abdominal rings.pulmonary a. [L. pulmo, lung] Pertaining to the lungs.pulmonary cavity/sac (MOLL: Gastropoda) In Pulmonata, apallial cavity formed by transverse vascularizations <strong>of</strong> theinterior dorsal wall.pulsatile vesicles (ANN: Hirudinoidea) Eleven small hemisphericalpulsing structures filled with coelomic fluid.pulsating vesicle (ROTIF) Small bladder-like excretory organinto which the flame bulb system empties.pulverulent a. [L. pulvereus, full <strong>of</strong> dust] Powdery; dusty;farinaceous.pulvilliform a. [L. pulvillus, little cushion] (ARTHRO: Insecta)Appearing lobelike or padlike; shaped like a pulvillus.pulvillus n.; pl. -li [L. pulvillus, little cushion] (ARTHRO: Insecta)In Diptera, the pad <strong>of</strong> the membranous lobe beneaththe tarsal claw, arising from the base <strong>of</strong> each auxilia. see

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