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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> 789rhabditoid a. [Gr. rhabdos, rod] (NEMATA: Secernentea) Havingcharacters <strong>of</strong> free-living bacterial feeding nematodes inthe genus Rhabditis.rhabditoid bursa see bursarhabditoid larva (NEMATA) A bacterial feeding larva amongfree-living or parasitoid forms, in which the esophagus isdivided into corpus, isthmus and a posterior valved bulb.rhabdocrepid a. [Gr. rhabdos, rod; krepis, boot] (PORIF) Adesma deposited on a diactinal monaxon.rhabdoid n. [Gr. rhabdos, rod; eidos, like] 1. Rod-like; anyrod-shaped body. 2. (CNID) Nematocysts that open at thetip with a definite cylindrical hempe. 3. (PLATY: Turbellaria)A group <strong>of</strong> epidermal and subepidermal inclusions (rhabdites,rhammites, and chondrocysts), consisting <strong>of</strong> a ridgedhull filled with a semifluid material.rhabdom n. [Gr. rhabdos, rod] (ARTHRO) A rodlike light-sensitivestructure formed by rhabdomeres in the ommatidium<strong>of</strong> a compound eye.rhabdome n. [Gr. rhabdos, rod] (PORIF) A greatly elongatedray <strong>of</strong> a tetraxon spicule.rhabdomere n. [Gr. rhabdos, rod; meros, part] (ARTHRO) Thereceptive area <strong>of</strong> a retina cell.rhabdus see diactinal monaxonrhachidian see rachidianrhachiglossate see rachiglossaterhagon n. [Gr. rhax, grape] (PORIF) A larval stage <strong>of</strong> a sponge,conical in shape and tapering from a broad base to thesummit bearing the single osculum.rhammites n.pl. [Gr. rhamma, thread] (PLATY: Turbellaria)Long, slender, sometimes sinuous rhabdoids, longer thanthe thickness <strong>of</strong> the epithelium.rhamphoid a. [Gr. rhamphos, beak; eidos, form] Beakshaped.rhaphe n. [Gr. rhapis, rod] (ARTHRO: Insecta) A sclerotic baron the dorsal surface <strong>of</strong> the silk press <strong>of</strong> caterpillars.rhegmatocyte see spherule cell

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