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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> 875like or groove-shaped.sulculus n. [L. dim. sulcus, furrow] (CNID: Anthozoa) In diglyphicActiniaria, having the second, sometimes small, siphonoglyphssituated at the dorsal end <strong>of</strong> the pharynx. seesulcus.sulcus n.; pl. sulci [L. sulcus, furrow] 1. A furrow, groove orfissure. 2. (ARTHRO: Insecta) A suture formed by an infolding<strong>of</strong> the body wall. see sulci. 3. (BRACHIO) The major depression<strong>of</strong> the valve surface, externally concave in transversepr<strong>of</strong>ile and radial from the umbo. 4. (CNID: Anthozoa)A groove leading into the gullet. see siphonoglyph. 5.(MOLL: Bivalvia) The radial depression <strong>of</strong> the shell surface.sulcus, radial posterior (MOLL: Bivalvia) A groove that sets<strong>of</strong>f the posterior flange from the main shell body.sulcation n. [L. sulcus, furrow] 1. Scored by furrows orgrooves. 2. Encircled by channels.summer egg A thin-shelled, rapidly developing egg; tachyblastic.see winter egg.summit n. [L. summum, the highest point] 1. The apex; thetop. 2. (MOLL: Bivalvia) The highest dorsal point <strong>of</strong> the shellpr<strong>of</strong>ile when the cardinal plane is horizontal.superclass n. [L. super, over; classis, a division] In classification,above the class and below the phylum.superfamily n. [L. super, over; familia, family] In classification,above the family and below the order.superfemale see metafemalesuperficial epicuticular layer see cerotegumentsupergenus n. [L. super, over; genus, race] In classification,above the genus and below the family.superior appendages (ARTHRO: Insecta) In Odonata, lateralmovable, paired appendages on the 9th or 10th abdominalsegment; well developed in the males, reduced or vestigialin females.superior hemiseptum see proximal hemiseptumsuperlinguae n.pl. [L. super, over; lingua, tongue] (ARTHRO:Insecta) The two lateral lobes <strong>of</strong> the hypopharynx <strong>of</strong>

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