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Online Dictionary of Invertebrate Zoology: Complete Work - Best Text

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882Maggenti and Gardnersympatric a.symphile n. [Gr. syn, together; philein, to love] (ARTHRO: Insecta)A symbiont that is accepted by a host colony as amember <strong>of</strong> their group and is licked, fed, protected, transportedor even reared with the host's own larvae; a trueguest.symphily n. [Gr. syn, together; philein, to love] (ARTHRO: Insecta)In Hymenoptera, the relationship <strong>of</strong> ants and theirnest guests, that abide with them, with mutual benefit orfondness; commensalism. symphilic, symphilous a.symphynote a. [Gr. symphysis, junction, seam; notos, back](MOLL: Bivalvia) Having the valves firmly fixed or solderedat the hinge.symphysis n. [Gr. symphysis, junction, seam] A union betweentwo parts.symplesiomorphy n. [Gr. syn, together; plesios, near; morphe,form] Shared primitive homologous character states;normally used in cladistic taxonomy. see plesiomorphy.sympod, sympodite see protopodsymptomatology n. [Gr. symptoma, anything that has befallenone; logos, discourse] A branch <strong>of</strong> medical scienceconcerned with symptoms <strong>of</strong> diseases.synanthropism n. [Gr. syn, together; anthropos, man] Thepropensity <strong>of</strong> an organism to live in or around humandwellings.synapomorphy n. [Gr. syn, together; apo, separate; morphe,form] The sharing <strong>of</strong> derived characters by several species.see plesiomorphy.synapse, synaptic junction, neurosynapse The centralmechanism <strong>of</strong> intercommunication <strong>of</strong> nerve impulses passingfrom neuron to neuron. synaptic a.synapsis n.; pl. -ses [Gr. synapsis, union] The intimate conjunction<strong>of</strong> homologous chromosomes that occurs duringthe prophase <strong>of</strong> the meiotic division.synaptene n. [Gr. synapsis, union] The zygotene <strong>of</strong> meiosis.synaptic junction see synapse

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