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Online Dictionary of Invertebrate Zoology: Complete Work - Best Text

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72Maggenti and Gardnersite; located on the opposite side.antipygidial bristles (ARTHRO: Insecta) In Siphonaptera, bristleslocated on the seventh abdominal segment.antirostrum n. [Gr. anti, against; L. rostrum, beak] (ARTHRO:Chelicerata) Terminal segmental appendages <strong>of</strong> somemites.antispadix n. [Gr. anti, against; L. spadix, palm branch](MOLL: Gastropoda) Four modified tentacles opposite thespadix <strong>of</strong> the male Nautilus, sp.antisquama n.; pl. -mae [Gr. anti, against; L. squama, scale](ARTHRO: Insecta) In Diptera, the upper lobe (alula) thatmoves with the wing; antitegula. see squama.antistyle n. [Gr. anti, against; stylos, pillar] (ARTHRO: Insecta)The basal segment <strong>of</strong> the stylifer.antitegula see antisquamaantithetic generation Alternation <strong>of</strong> generations in which thealternates are very different in appearance and origin.antitoxin n. [Gr. anti, against; toxikon, poison] Any substancethat neutralizes a toxin.antitype n. [Gr. anti, against; typos, type] 1. An oppositetype; a countertype. 2. A corresponding specimen <strong>of</strong> a typespecies, obtained at the same time and location <strong>of</strong> thetype. This definition has no standing in the ICZN.antizoea n. [L. anti, against; zoe, life] (ARTHRO: Crustacea)The first larval stage <strong>of</strong> the large, carnivorous marine mantisshrimps <strong>of</strong> the superorder Hoplocarida, that lack theraptorial claws. see pseudozoea.antlered larvae (ARTHRO: Insecta) In some newly hatchedLepidoptera larvae, antler-like horns on the first thoracicsegment and other horns (scoli) on the abdominal segments.antlia n. [Gr. antlia, pump] (ARTHRO: Insecta) The spiral, tubularproboscis.antrorse a. [L. antero, anterior; versus, turned] Directed orleaning upward or forward. see detrorse, retrorse.antrum n. [L. antrum, hollow] 1. A hollow space or cavity. 2. A

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