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Online Dictionary of Invertebrate Zoology: Complete Work - Best Text

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784Maggenti and Gardnerrests in a subtrigonal central socket or fossa.resinous a. [Gr. resina, resin] Having the appearance <strong>of</strong> rosin;clear brownish yellow.resonator n. [L. re, again; sonare, to sound] (ARTHRO: Insecta)A structure functioning to intensify or activatesound; a thin vibrating plate or lamella.resonator ridge (ARTHRO: Insecta) In Diptera, a ridge on thehind femur that rubs against the stridulatory file to producesounds.resorption n. [L. re, again; sorbere, drink in] (MOLL: Gastropoda)The removal <strong>of</strong> a previously formed shell by action <strong>of</strong>the living gastropod.respiration n. [L. re, back; spirare, to breathe] The intake <strong>of</strong>oxygen and giving <strong>of</strong>f <strong>of</strong> carbon dioxide.respiratory funnel (ARTHRO: Insecta) In Diptera, a distinctivechitinous funnel attached to the host tracheal system sothat encapsulation does not impair the respiration in oldertachinid larvae.respiratory horn (ARTHRO: Insecta) 1. In Diptera, paired prothoracicprotuberances on the aquatic pupae <strong>of</strong> most Culicidaeand Ceratopogonidae; respiratory trumpet. 2. Asharply pointed post-abdominal siphon in some aquatic insectpupae that are thrust into the aerenchyma <strong>of</strong> aquaticplants.respiratory movements Movements designed to increase thesupply <strong>of</strong> oxygen or disperse carbon dioxide, such as abdominalmovements in insects or undulations <strong>of</strong> aquaticoligochaetes.respiratory siphon (ARTHRO: Insecta) In Diptera, the caudalbreathing tube <strong>of</strong> culicid larvae.respiratory tree (ECHINOD: Holothuroidea) Branched cloacaltubules thought to have a respriatory function.respiratory trumpet see respiratory hornresponse n. [L. responsum, reply, answer] A change <strong>of</strong> activitydue to change <strong>of</strong> external or internal conditions. responsivenessa. see stimulus.restiform a. [L. restis, rope; forma, form] Shaped like a rope

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