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Online Dictionary of Invertebrate Zoology: Complete Work - Best Text

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900Maggenti and Gardnerterminal filament (ARTHRO: Insecta) A cellular end thread <strong>of</strong>the female ovariole that forms a common thread unitingwith that from the ovary <strong>of</strong> the opposite side.terminal diaphragm (BRYO: Stenolaemata) A membranous orcalcified diaphragm that separates the body cavity from theenvironment.terminalia n.pl. [L. terminus, boundary, end] Collectively, anyterminal part or structure.termitarium n.; pl. -ia [L. termes, woodworm] (ARTHRO: Insecta)An elaborate nest wherein a colony <strong>of</strong> termites live.termitophile n. [L. termes, woodworm; philos, loving] A symbiont<strong>of</strong> termites.terranes n.pl. [L. terra, earth] Fragments <strong>of</strong> former continentsthat make up the present day continents.terrestrial a. [L. terrestris, <strong>of</strong> the earth] Belong to or living onthe ground or earth; opposed to aquatic and arboreal.terricolous a. [L. terra, earth; colare, to inhabit] Soil inhabiting.territory n. [L. territorium, domain] An area defended by ananimal against other members <strong>of</strong> its own or other species.tertiary a. [L. tertius, third] Third in degree <strong>of</strong> standing in classification.tertiary parasite A parasite <strong>of</strong> a hyperparasite.tertiary reproductive (ARTHRO: Insecta) In Isoptera, an ergatoidreproductive; a third-form reproductive.tertibrach n. [L. tertius, third; brachium, upper arm] (ECHI-NOD: Crinoidea) Any ray plate <strong>of</strong> the third branchitaxis;palmars. tertibrachial a. see postpalmars.tessellate a. [L. tessellatus, mosaic] Marked or colored in thepattern <strong>of</strong> squares, or oblong areas; checkerboard-like.test n. [L. testa, a shell] A rigid external covering or supportingstructure.testaceology n. [L. testa, shell; logos, discourse] The study <strong>of</strong>shells; conchology.testaceous a. [L. testaceus, covered with a shell] Bearing atest or hard covering; <strong>of</strong> the nature <strong>of</strong> a shell. see con-

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