Online Dictionary of Invertebrate Zoology: Complete Work - Best Text

Online Dictionary of Invertebrate Zoology 907topochemical sense The sense of smell.topogamodeme n. [Gr. topos, place; gamos, marriage;demos, the people] Individuals inhabiting a particular geographiclocality that form a deme.topomorph n. [Gr. topos, place; morphe, form] An environmentalmorphologic variant. topomorphic a.toponym n. [Gr. topos, place; onoma, name] The name of alocation thought to be the place of origin of a plant or animal.topotype n. [Gr. topos, place; typos, type] A specimen collectedat the original type-locality.tori pl. of torustorma n.; pl. -mae [Gr. tormos, socket] (ARTHRO: Insecta) 1.In Diptera, sclerotic processes between the labrum andclypeus. 2. In Scarabaeoidae larvae, heavily chitinizedstructures on the ends of the clypeo-lateral suture thatextend toward the mesal line, sometimes meeting andfusing on the mesal line.tormogen n. [Gr. tormos, socket; genes, producing] (ARTHRO:Insecta) An epidermal cell associated with a seta that secretesthe cuticle of the socket and bounds the receptorlymph cavity.tornote n. [L. tornatus, rounded with a lathe] (PORIF) A diactinalmonaxon, lance-headed at each end.tornus see anal angletorose a. [L. torus, elevation] A swelling into knobs; cylindricaland swollen at intervals; torous.torpid a. [L. torpidus, to be numb] Dormant; inactive. seeaestivation, hibernation.torqueate a. [L. torquatus, with a necklace] Having a ring orcollar.torsion n. [L. torquere, to twist] 1. Spiral bending; twisting. 2.(MOLL: Gastropoda) The theory in ancestral gastropods thata 180-degree counterclockwise twisting occurred thatcaused the crossing of the pleural-visceral connectives inthe nervous system to form a figure eight. see chiastoneury,detorsion.