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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> 833nests <strong>of</strong> social insects, that feeds upon the food stores <strong>of</strong>the colony.social parasitic castration (ARTHRO: Insecta) Pertaining to aFormicidae colony becoming parasitic on another colony <strong>of</strong>a different species and eliminating the reproductives <strong>of</strong> it'shost colony.social parasitism (ARTHRO: Insecta) The coexistence <strong>of</strong> twospecies <strong>of</strong> social insects in the same nest, in which one isparasitically dependent on the other. see symphile.society n. [L. socius, companion] An organized cooperativegroup <strong>of</strong> individuals <strong>of</strong> the same species; communicationbetween members is implied.socii n.pl.; sing. -us [L. socius, companion] (ARTHRO: Insecta)In male Lepidoptera, lightly sclerotized, paired, hairy padson the caudal margin <strong>of</strong> the tegumen near the base <strong>of</strong> theuncus in the genitalia. For Odonata, see superior appendages.sociobiology n. [L. socius, companion; bios, life; logos, discourse]The study <strong>of</strong> all aspects <strong>of</strong> communication and socialorganization.sociotomy see colony fissionsocket n. [OF. soket, plowshare] (MOLL: Bivalvia) A cavity inthe hinge to receive the tooth <strong>of</strong> the opposite valve.sodium pump A mechanism <strong>of</strong> neurones to move sodium ionsout <strong>of</strong> the cell during the recovery phase.s<strong>of</strong>t-part polymorph (BRYO: Gymnolaemata) In Cheilostomata,a zooid with sexual features, brood chamber, orelongate tentacles to produce exhalant currents with no increasedskeletal covering.soldiers n. [L. solidus, a coin solider's pay] (ARTHRO: Insecta)In Isoptera, members <strong>of</strong> a worker subcaste specialized forcolony defense.solenia n.pl.; sing. -ium [Gr. solen, pipe] (CNID: Anthozoa)Endodermal tubes connecting polyps in some colonies.solenidion n.; pl. -ia [Gr. dim. solen, pipe] (ARTHRO: Chelicerata)In Acari, a hollow, microcephalic, pili-, baculi- orclaviform, seta-like formation <strong>of</strong> the tegument with thin

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