Online Dictionary of Invertebrate Zoology: Complete Work - Best Text

894Maggenti and Gardnering large mandibles. see amphiodont; priodont. 2.(MOLL: Bivalvia) Hinge with cardinal and lateral teeth, butwith additional elements, as Venus.teleology n. [Gr. teleios, complete; logos, discourse] A theoryin biology that evolution or nature is guided by a purpose.teleotrocha see trochophoretelepod see telopodtelescope v.i. [Gr. tele, far; skopos, watcher] To have theability to evert and invert a body part. telescopic a.telioderma n. [Gr. teleios, complete; derma, skin] (ARTHRO:Chelicerata) In Acari, the cuticle of the previous stagenymph (apoderma) covering the tritonymph.teliophan see tritonymphtelmophage n. [Gr. telma, pool; phagein, to eat] (ARTHRO) Ablood feeding arthropod that severs skin and blood vessels,causing a small blood hemorrhage so as to feed.telocentric a. [Gr. telos, end; kentron, center of circle] Chromosomesin which the centromere is terminal. see acrocentric.telodendria n. [Gr. telos, end; dendros, tree] The branchingterminals of an axon.telofemur n. [Gr. telos, end; L. femur, thigh] (ARTHRO: Chelicerata)In Acari, a distal segment of the femur separatedfrom the basifemur by the basifemoral ring.telogonic see panoistic ovarioletelolecithal egg An egg cell with abundant yolk concentratedtoward the lower side of the cell. see centrolecithal egg.telomitic see telocentrictelophase n. [Gr. telos, end; phasis, aspect] The final stagesof mitosis during which the chromatids (daughter chromosomes)are formed and the cytoplasm divides.telophragma see Z-band or disctelopod n. [Gr. telos, end; pous, foot] 1. (ARTHRO: Crustacea)Part of an appendage distal to the coxa. 2. (ARTHRO: Diplopoda)In males, a modified leg, serving a copulatory function,on one of the posterior segments.