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Online Dictionary of Invertebrate Zoology: Complete Work - Best Text

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938Maggenti and GardnerInsecta) Certain external genitalia.valve coverage (MOLL: Polyplacophora) 1. <strong>Complete</strong> coverageTwo contiguous valves with the rear edge <strong>of</strong> one coveringthe whole front edge <strong>of</strong> the one posterior to it. 2. Partialcoverage A small part <strong>of</strong> the front edge <strong>of</strong> the next valvethat is overlapped. 3. Jugal coverage With only the apicalpart <strong>of</strong> a valve overlapping the next one.valvelet n. [L. dim. valva, leaf <strong>of</strong> a folding door] A small valveor fold.valvifers n.pl. [L. valva, leaf <strong>of</strong> a folding door; ferre, to bear](ARTHRO: Insecta) The basal plates <strong>of</strong> the ovipositor, derivedfrom the basal segment <strong>of</strong> the gonopods; also knownas the first and second gonocoxae.valvula n.; pl. valvulae [L. dim. valva, leaf <strong>of</strong> a folding door]1. Any small valve-like process. 2. (ARTHRO: Insecta) InHymenoptera, processes from the valvifers forming thebody <strong>of</strong> the ovipositor and the ovipositor sheath.valvular a. [L. dim. valva, leaf <strong>of</strong> a folding door] Of or pertainingto a small valve or valvula.valvular process see stylevannal fold (ARTHRO: Insecta) A radial line <strong>of</strong> folding <strong>of</strong> awing, commonly between the cubital field and the firstvannal vein; sometimes variable.vannal lobe (ARTHRO: Insecta) A lobe in the anal area <strong>of</strong> awing, immediately distad <strong>of</strong> the jugal lobe (when present).vannal region (ARTHRO: Insecta) That part <strong>of</strong> the wing comprisingthe vannal veins, or veins directly associated withthe third axillary; vannus.vannal veins (ARTHRO: Insecta) The veins <strong>of</strong> a wing in thevannal region, with basal association with the third axillarysclerite.vannus see vannal regionvariance n. [L. variare, to change] A sampling statistic relatingto deviations from the mean.variate n. [L. variare, to change] A variable quantity or character.

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