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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> 923tunic n. [L. tunica, garment] A covering membrane or tissue.tunica n.; pl. -cae [L. tunica, garment] 1. A covering or envelopingmembrane or tissue; a tunic. 2. (ARTHRO: Insecta)For Lepidoptera see diaphragm.tunica adventitia Outermost fibro-elastic layer <strong>of</strong> various tubularorgans, such as vas deferens, esophagus, uterus,ureter, etc.tunica intima An inner lining or membrane.tunica propria (ARTHRO: Insecta) In females, an elastic membrane,with or without fine fibrils, that encloses the ovarioleand terminal filament.tunicary a. [L. tunica, garment] Pertaining to a covering membraneor a tunic.tunicate a. [L. tunica, garment] 1. Having a tunic. 2. (ARTHRO)Applied to coupling joint <strong>of</strong> antennae.turbinate a. [L. turbo, a whirl] Top-shaped; nearly conical witha round base; turbiniform.turbinate eye (ARTHRO: Insecta) In male Baetidae Ephemeroptera,eyes enlarged, divided into lower and outer pigmentedovals and raised on a broad stalk, with larger upperand inner portion usually pale with large facets.turgid a. [L. turgidus, swollen] Swollen; distended.turreted a. [L. turris, a tower] Tower-shaped.turriculate a. [L. dim. turris, tower] (MOLL: Gastropoda) Havingan acutely conical spire comprised <strong>of</strong> numerous flattishwhorls; turriform; turrited.tychoparthenogenesis n. [Gr. tyche, change; parthenos, virgin;genesis, beginning] Unfertilized eggs that can occasionally,or accidentally, develop through parthenogenesis.tylasters n. [Gr. tylos, knob; aster, star] (PORIF) A starshapedspicule with a small center and knobbed rays.tylenchoid bursa see bursatylenchoid esophagus (NEMATA: Secernentea) An esophaguswith a narrow procorpus, a strongly formed median bulb(metacorpus), followed by a narrow typical isthmus andterminating with a glandular basal bulb.

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