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Online Dictionary of Invertebrate Zoology: Complete Work - Best Text

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816Maggenti and Gardnerself-cleansing (MOLL: Bivalvia) Removal and ejection <strong>of</strong>pseud<strong>of</strong>eces.self-fertilization The union <strong>of</strong> gametes derived from the sameindividual; autogamy; automixis. see cross-fertilization.selfing see self-fertilizationself-sedimentation (MOLL: Bivalvia) In oysters, pseud<strong>of</strong>ecesand feces that are ejected.sellate a. [L. sella, saddle] Saddle-shaped.seller groove (ARTHRO: Crustacea) In Decapoda, a shorttransverse groove on the carapace, dorsally anterior to thecervical groove <strong>of</strong> Nephropidae.selva n. [L. silva, wood] A tropical rain forest.selvage n. [A.S. self; edge, its own proper edge] (ARTHRO:Crustacea) In Ostracoda, the principal ridge <strong>of</strong> the contactmargin sealing the valves closed.sematic a. [Gr. sema, sign] Functioning as a warning <strong>of</strong> danger,as signalling colors <strong>of</strong> insects, or disagreeable odors <strong>of</strong>certain poisonous or dangerous animals. see allosematic,antiaposematic, aposematic, parasematic, pseudosematic,episematic, pseudepisematic, pseudaposematic.sematophore see spermatophoresemelparity n. [L. semel, once; parere, to bear] Producingyoung only once in a lifetime. semelparous a.semiaquatic a. [L. semis, half; aqua, water] Living in wetplaces, or partially in water.semidominant see codominantsemifenestra a. [L. semis, half; fenestra, window] (NEMATA:Secernentea) In Heterodera one <strong>of</strong> a pair <strong>of</strong> openings in thevulval cone separating the vulval bridge. see circumfenestrate.semigeographic speciation see parapatric speciationsemilunar a. [L. semi, half; luna, moon] A half-moon shapedmarking with sharp ends.seminal a. [L. semen, seed] Pertaining to structures in whichsperm are involved.

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