Online Dictionary of Invertebrate Zoology: Complete Work - Best Text

Online Dictionary of Invertebrate Zoology 77in or on the nonliving material. see allelochemic.apneustic a. [Gr. an, without; pneustos, breath] 1. Lackingexternal breathing organs. 2. (ARTHRO: Insecta) Lackingspiracles, or supplied with nonfunctional spiracles, as inaquatic forms.apobiotic a. [Gr. apo, away; biotikos, of life] Of or pertainingto any change leading to diminished cells or tissues.apocentric a. [Gr. apo, away; kentron, center] Deviating fromthe original type. see archecentric.apochete n. [Gr. apo, away; cheo, pour] (PORIF) An exhalantcanal that extends from the apopyles to apopore.apocrite a. [Gr. apo, away; krinein, to separate] (ARTHRO: Insecta)Pertaining to Hymenoptera in which the first abdominalsegment is fused to the reduced metathorax toform a narrow waist.apodal a. [Gr. a, without; pous, foot] Lacking feet or legs;apodous.apodeme, apodema n. [Gr. apo, away; demas, body] An invaginationof the cuticle that serves for muscle attachmentand for strengthening of the body wall. see apophysis,apodome.apoderma n. [Gr. apo, away; derma, skin] (ARTHRO: Chelicerata)The membrane developed during resting stage of instarsof certain Acari.apodictic, apodeictic, apodictal a. [Gr. apodeiktos, provingfully] Being evident beyond contradiction; clearly proving.apodome n. [Gr. apo, away; L. domus, roof] (ARTHRO) Theinternal portions of a skeleton, consisting of both apodemeand apophysis; sometimes used as synonymous with apodeme.apodous see apodalapodous larvae (ARTHRO) Larvae without legs and with reducedhead, that require maternal deposition in or on afood source.apoenzyme n. [Gr. apo, away; en, in; zyme, yeast] The proteinportion of an enzyme that cannot function without acoenzyme. see holoenzyme.