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Online Dictionary of Invertebrate Zoology: Complete Work - Best Text

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804Maggenti and Gardnerscalloped a. [OF. escalope, shell] Indented, cut at the edgesinto rounded hollows or segments <strong>of</strong> circles; crenate.scalp n. [Dan. skalp, shell] (MOLL) A bed <strong>of</strong> shellfish, especially<strong>of</strong> mussels or oysters.scalpellum see lancetscalpriform a. [L. scalprum, chisel; forma, shape] Chiselshaped.scanning electron microscope (SEM) A microscope with anelectron beam that scans the specimen producing an image<strong>of</strong> the surface on a florescent screen.scansorial a. [L. scandere, to climb] Adapted for climbing orclinging.scape, scapus n. [L. scapus, shaft] 1. A stem or shaft. 2. (AR-THRO: Chelicerata) A structure associated with the epigynum<strong>of</strong> some female Arachnida, partially covering thevulva. 3. (ARTHRO: Insecta) The first or basal segment <strong>of</strong>an antenna; in Diptera, the two basal segments <strong>of</strong> the antenna.4. (CNID: Anthozoa) a. In Alcyonaria, the main stem<strong>of</strong> Pennatulacea. b. In Actinaria, the lower thick-walled region<strong>of</strong> the column.scaphe n. [Gr. skaphe, boat] (ANN: Polychaeta) In Amphictenidae,a flattened caudal appendage bearing the anus.scaphiform, scaphoid a. [Gr. skaphe, boat] Boat-shaped.scaphium n. [Gr. skaphe, boat] 1. A boat-shaped structure. 2.(ARTHRO: Insecta) In male Lepidoptera, a dorsal sclerotization<strong>of</strong> the genitalia, below the uncus, and above the anus.see subscaphium.scaphocerite n. [Gr. skaphe, boat; keras, horn] (ARTHRO:Crustacea) The flattened exopod <strong>of</strong> the antenna; a scale; asquama.scaphognathite n. [Gr. skaphe, boat; ganthos, jaw] (ARTHRO:Crustacea) In Decapoda, the exopod <strong>of</strong> the maxilla, <strong>of</strong>tenused to produce the respiratory current in the gill chamber;bailer or gill bailer.Scaphopoda n. [Gr. skaphe, boat; pous, foot] A class <strong>of</strong> Molluscacontaining the tusk or tooth shell that are bilaterallysymmetrical with an elongate, gently curved, tubular shell

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