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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> 797shaped chamber in which the termite queen lays her eggs.2. In Hymenoptera, the large, oblong, waxen cell constructedby the honey bee workers to rear queen larvae;queen cell.royal jelly (ARTHRO: Insecta) In Hymenoptera, a complex materialsecreted by the pharyngeal salivary glands <strong>of</strong> theworker honey bee with proteolytic activity, rich in fatty acids,the B-vitamins and other substances, that is fed to thebrood at the start <strong>of</strong> larval life and induces queen developmentif continued as a diet.royal pairs (ARTHRO: Insecta) In social insects, the sexuallyactive males and females.r-strategist Species <strong>of</strong> organisms that use a survival reproductive'strategy' characterized by high fecundity, rapid development,early reproduction, small body size, and semelparity;populations controlled by density-independentfactors.R technique An analysis <strong>of</strong> association <strong>of</strong> characters in a datamatrix.rubescent a. [L. rubescere, to grow red] Being reddish, or becomingred.rubiginose, rubiginous a. [LL. rubiginosus, rusty] Being rustyor brownish red; rust-colored.rubineous a. [L. ruber, red] Ruby-like in appearance.rudiment n. [L. rudis, rough] The beginning <strong>of</strong> a structure orpart. see anlage, precursor.rudimentary n. [L. rudimentum, a beginning] An incompletestage <strong>of</strong> development; initial; early; undeveloped. seevestigial.rudimentary posterior uterine branch see postuterine sacruffles n.pl. [ME. ruffeln] (MESO: Rhombozoa) In Dicyemida,slender projections <strong>of</strong> the exterior surface.rufous a. [L. rufus, red] Being reddish, red-yellowish; rufescent.ruga n. [L. ruga, wrinkle] A wrinkle, fold or crease. rugose a.rugosissimus a. [L. rugosus, full <strong>of</strong> wrinkles; -issimus, very]

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