Glossary of terms about invertebrate meaning and definition

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Glossary of terms about invertebrate meaning and definition

acanthocephala	acanthocephala_definition_and_meaning.html
acanthor	acanthor_definition_and_meaning.html
acoelomate	acoelomate_definition_and_meaning.html
acontium	acontium_definition_and_meaning.html
acron	acron_definition_and_meaning.html
actinula	actinula_definition_and_meaning.html
aerobe	aerobe_definition_and_meaning.html
aesthetes	aesthetes_definition_and_meaning.html
ambulacral area	ambulacral_area_definition_and_meaning.html
ambulacral grove	ambulacral_grove_definition_and_meaning.html
amictic	amictic_definition_and_meaning.html
amphid	amphid_definition_and_meaning.html
ampulla	ampulla_definition_and_meaning.html
anabiosis	anabiosis_definition_and_meaning.html
anaerobe	anaerobe_definition_and_meaning.html
anastomose	anastomose_definition_and_meaning.html
annulus	annulus_definition_and_meaning.html
apodeme	apodeme_definition_and_meaning.html
aposematic	aposematic_definition_and_meaning.html
archenteron	archenteron_definition_and_meaning.html
archeocytes	archeocytes_definition_and_meaning.html
articular membrane	articular_membrane_definition_and_meaning.html
ascus	ascus_definition_and_meaning.html
atrium	atrium_definition_and_meaning.html
autogamy	autogamy_definition_and_meaning.html
autotomy	autotomy_definition_and_meaning.html
autozooid	autozooid_definition_and_meaning.html
avicularium	avicularium_definition_and_meaning.html
basopodite	basopodite_definition_and_meaning.html
bdelloid	bdelloid_definition_and_meaning.html
benthic	benthic_definition_and_meaning.html
biramous	biramous_definition_and_meaning.html
blastomere	blastomere_definition_and_meaning.html
blastozoid	blastozoid_definition_and_meaning.html
blastula	blastula_definition_and_meaning.html
book gills	book_gills_definition_and_meaning.html
brachiole	brachiole_definition_and_meaning.html
buccal	buccal_definition_and_meaning.html
calyx	calyx_definition_and_meaning.html
capitulum	capitulum_definition_and_meaning.html
carapace	carapace_definition_and_meaning.html
cecum, caecum	cecum_caecum_definition_and_meaning.html
centrolecithal	centrolecithal_definition_and_meaning.html
cephalon	cephalon_definition_and_meaning.html
cerata	cerata_definition_and_meaning.html
cercaria	cercaria_definition_and_meaning.html
chelicerae	chelicerae_definition_and_meaning.html
chloragogen	chloragogen_definition_and_meaning.html
chromatophores	chromatophores_definition_and_meaning.html
cilium, pl. cilia	cilium_pl_cilia_definition_and_meaning.html
clavules	clavules_definition_and_meaning.html
clitellum	clitellum_definition_and_meaning.html
cnidocil	cnidocil_definition_and_meaning.html
cnidocyte	cnidocyte_definition_and_meaning.html
cnidosac	cnidosac_definition_and_meaning.html
coanenchyme	coanenchyme_definition_and_meaning.html
coanocyte	coanocyte_definition_and_meaning.html
colloblasts	colloblasts_definition_and_meaning.html
columella	columella_definition_and_meaning.html
commissure	commissure_definition_and_meaning.html
condyle	condyle_definition_and_meaning.html
conjugant	conjugant_definition_and_meaning.html
coracidium	coracidium_definition_and_meaning.html
coxa	coxa_definition_and_meaning.html
coxal gland	coxal_gland_definition_and_meaning.html
coxapodite	coxapodite_definition_and_meaning.html
crown	crown_definition_and_meaning.html
cyclomorphosis	cyclomorphosis_definition_and_meaning.html
cyclosis	cyclosis_definition_and_meaning.html
cysticercus	cysticercus_definition_and_meaning.html
cytoplasm	cytoplasm_definition_and_meaning.html
cytopyge	cytopyge_definition_and_meaning.html
cytostome	cytostome_definition_and_meaning.html
dactylozooid	dactylozooid_definition_and_meaning.html
demibranch	demibranch_definition_and_meaning.html
deutocerebrum	deutocerebrum_definition_and_meaning.html
digenea	digenea_definition_and_meaning.html
dioecious	dioecious_definition_and_meaning.html
ditaxic	ditaxic_definition_and_meaning.html
diverticula	diverticula_definition_and_meaning.html
dorsal lamina	dorsal_lamina_definition_and_meaning.html
ecdisone	ecdisone_definition_and_meaning.html
ecdysis	ecdysis_definition_and_meaning.html
echinoplutens	echinoplutens_definition_and_meaning.html
ectoplasm	ectoplasm_definition_and_meaning.html
elytra	elytra_definition_and_meaning.html
endoplasm	endoplasm_definition_and_meaning.html
endopodite	endopodite_definition_and_meaning.html
endostyle	endostyle_definition_and_meaning.html
entolicithal	entolicithal_definition_and_meaning.html
entoproct	entoproct_definition_and_meaning.html
ephyrae	ephyrae_definition_and_meaning.html
epiboly	epiboly_definition_and_meaning.html
epicardium	epicardium_definition_and_meaning.html
epicuticle	epicuticle_definition_and_meaning.html
epiphytic	epiphytic_definition_and_meaning.html
epipodite	epipodite_definition_and_meaning.html
epistome	epistome_definition_and_meaning.html
epitheliomuscular cells	epitheliomuscular_cells_definition_and_meaning.html
epitoke	epitoke_definition_and_meaning.html
epitoky	epitoky_definition_and_meaning.html
epizoic	epizoic_definition_and_meaning.html
esthetases	esthetases_definition_and_meaning.html
eukaryote	eukaryote_definition_and_meaning.html
eumellibranch gill	eumellibranch_gill_definition_and_meaning.html
eutely	eutely_definition_and_meaning.html
exopodite	exopodite_definition_and_meaning.html
exumbrella	exumbrella_definition_and_meaning.html
facultative	facultative_definition_and_meaning.html
fillibranch gills	fillibranch_gills_definition_and_meaning.html
filopodia	filopodia_definition_and_meaning.html
flabellum	flabellum_definition_and_meaning.html
flagella	flagella_definition_and_meaning.html
funiculus	funiculus_definition_and_meaning.html
gametamy	gametamy_definition_and_meaning.html
gamete	gamete_definition_and_meaning.html
gametogonia	gametogonia_definition_and_meaning.html
gamogony	gamogony_definition_and_meaning.html
gamont	gamont_definition_and_meaning.html
ganglion	ganglion_definition_and_meaning.html
gastrodermis	gastrodermis_definition_and_meaning.html
gastrovascular cavity	gastrovascular_cavity_definition_and_meaning.html
gastrozoid	gastrozoid_definition_and_meaning.html
gastrula	gastrula_definition_and_meaning.html
gemmules	gemmules_definition_and_meaning.html
girdle	girdle_definition_and_meaning.html
gnathobase	gnathobase_definition_and_meaning.html
gnathopods	gnathopods_definition_and_meaning.html
gonophore	gonophore_definition_and_meaning.html
hectocotylus	hectocotylus_definition_and_meaning.html
hemocoel	hemocoel_definition_and_meaning.html
hemocyanin	hemocyanin_definition_and_meaning.html
heterozoid	heterozoid_definition_and_meaning.html
hologamy	hologamy_definition_and_meaning.html
holophyte	holophyte_definition_and_meaning.html
holozoic	holozoic_definition_and_meaning.html
homologous	homologous_definition_and_meaning.html
homology	homology_definition_and_meaning.html
hydranth	hydranth_definition_and_meaning.html
hydrocaulus	hydrocaulus_definition_and_meaning.html
hydrorhiza	hydrorhiza_definition_and_meaning.html
hydrotheca	hydrotheca_definition_and_meaning.html
hypertonic	hypertonic_definition_and_meaning.html
hypertrophy	hypertrophy_definition_and_meaning.html
hypodermis	hypodermis_definition_and_meaning.html
hypostome	hypostome_definition_and_meaning.html
hypotonic	hypotonic_definition_and_meaning.html
instar	instar_definition_and_meaning.html
interstitial	interstitial_definition_and_meaning.html
intralecithial	intralecithial_definition_and_meaning.html
introvert	introvert_definition_and_meaning.html
iridocycle	iridocycle_definition_and_meaning.html
isogamy	isogamy_definition_and_meaning.html
isomyarian	isomyarian_definition_and_meaning.html
kinetosome	kinetosome_definition_and_meaning.html
labial palp	labial_palp_definition_and_meaning.html
labium	labium_definition_and_meaning.html
labrum	labrum_definition_and_meaning.html
lamellibranchea	lamellibranchea_definition_and_meaning.html
lamellibranchea	lamellibranchea_definition_and_meaning.html
lanquets	lanquets_definition_and_meaning.html
lappets	lappets_definition_and_meaning.html
lecithotrophic	lecithotrophic_definition_and_meaning.html
lobopodia	lobopodia_definition_and_meaning.html
locular	locular_definition_and_meaning.html
lophophore	lophophore_definition_and_meaning.html
lorica	lorica_definition_and_meaning.html
lumen	lumen_definition_and_meaning.html
lunules	lunules_definition_and_meaning.html
lysosome	lysosome_definition_and_meaning.html
madreporite	madreporite_definition_and_meaning.html
malpighian tubules	malpighian_tubules_definition_and_meaning.html
mandible	mandible_definition_and_meaning.html
manubrium	manubrium_definition_and_meaning.html
marsupium	marsupium_definition_and_meaning.html
mastax	mastax_definition_and_meaning.html
mastigophora	mastigophora_definition_and_meaning.html
maxillae	maxillae_definition_and_meaning.html
maxillipeds	maxillipeds_definition_and_meaning.html
medusa	medusa_definition_and_meaning.html
medusoid	medusoid_definition_and_meaning.html
mesenchyme	mesenchyme_definition_and_meaning.html
mesenteron	mesenteron_definition_and_meaning.html
mesentery	mesentery_definition_and_meaning.html
mesoglea	mesoglea_definition_and_meaning.html
mesohyl	mesohyl_definition_and_meaning.html
metachronal	metachronal_definition_and_meaning.html
metamerism	metamerism_definition_and_meaning.html
metanephridium	metanephridium_definition_and_meaning.html
metazoan	metazoan_definition_and_meaning.html
mictic egg	mictic_egg_definition_and_meaning.html
monoecious	monoecious_definition_and_meaning.html
monogenea	monogenea_definition_and_meaning.html
monoplacophora	monoplacophora_definition_and_meaning.html
monopodal growth	monopodal_growth_definition_and_meaning.html
monotaxic	monotaxic_definition_and_meaning.html
myogenic	myogenic_definition_and_meaning.html
myonemes	myonemes_definition_and_meaning.html
nauplius larva	nauplius_larva_definition_and_meaning.html
nematocyst	nematocyst_definition_and_meaning.html
nephridium	nephridium_definition_and_meaning.html
nephrocytes	nephrocytes_definition_and_meaning.html
nephrostome	nephrostome_definition_and_meaning.html
neuro pile	neuro_pile_definition_and_meaning.html
neuropodium	neuropodium_definition_and_meaning.html
notopodium	notopodium_definition_and_meaning.html
nucal organs	nucal_organs_definition_and_meaning.html
nucleus	nucleus_definition_and_meaning.html
nudibranchs	nudibranchs_definition_and_meaning.html
nudimental gland	nudimental_gland_definition_and_meaning.html
obligate	obligate_definition_and_meaning.html
ocelli	ocelli_definition_and_meaning.html
odontophore	odontophore_definition_and_meaning.html
ommatidium	ommatidium_definition_and_meaning.html
onchosphere	onchosphere_definition_and_meaning.html
operculum	operculum_definition_and_meaning.html
ophiopluteus	ophiopluteus_definition_and_meaning.html
opisthaptor	opisthaptor_definition_and_meaning.html
opisthosoma	opisthosoma_definition_and_meaning.html
osculum	osculum_definition_and_meaning.html
osphradium	osphradium_definition_and_meaning.html
ossicle	ossicle_definition_and_meaning.html
ostium, ostia, pl.	ostium_ostia_pl_definition_and_meaning.html
ovicell	ovicell_definition_and_meaning.html
oxconformers	oxconformers_definition_and_meaning.html
paedogenesis	paedogenesis_definition_and_meaning.html
paedomorphosis	paedomorphosis_definition_and_meaning.html
palium	palium_definition_and_meaning.html
palium sinus	palium_sinus_definition_and_meaning.html
palruella	palruella_definition_and_meaning.html
papula	papula_definition_and_meaning.html
parapodium	parapodium_definition_and_meaning.html
parenchyma	parenchyma_definition_and_meaning.html
parthenogenesis	parthenogenesis_definition_and_meaning.html
paxilla	paxilla_definition_and_meaning.html
pecten	pecten_definition_and_meaning.html
pedicellariae	pedicellariae_definition_and_meaning.html
pedicle	pedicle_definition_and_meaning.html
pedipalp	pedipalp_definition_and_meaning.html
pelecypod	pelecypod_definition_and_meaning.html
pellicle	pellicle_definition_and_meaning.html
pelmatazoa	pelmatazoa_definition_and_meaning.html
pericardial	pericardial_definition_and_meaning.html
perihemal - spaces or sinuses	perihemal_spaces_or_sinuses_definition_and_meaning.html
peripods	peripods_definition_and_meaning.html
periproct	periproct_definition_and_meaning.html
perisark	perisark_definition_and_meaning.html
peristalsis	peristalsis_definition_and_meaning.html
peristomial membrane	peristomial_membrane_definition_and_meaning.html
perivisceral	perivisceral_definition_and_meaning.html
perrostracum	perrostracum_definition_and_meaning.html
petaloid	petaloid_definition_and_meaning.html
phagocyte	phagocyte_definition_and_meaning.html
pharynx	pharynx_definition_and_meaning.html
phasic neurons	phasic_neurons_definition_and_meaning.html
phasmid	phasmid_definition_and_meaning.html
photophores	photophores_definition_and_meaning.html
phytoflagellate	phytoflagellate_definition_and_meaning.html
pinnules	pinnules_definition_and_meaning.html
pinocytosis	pinocytosis_definition_and_meaning.html
plankton	plankton_definition_and_meaning.html
planospiral	planospiral_definition_and_meaning.html
planula	planula_definition_and_meaning.html
pleopod	pleopod_definition_and_meaning.html
pleuron	pleuron_definition_and_meaning.html
plicate gill	plicate_gill_definition_and_meaning.html
pneumostome	pneumostome_definition_and_meaning.html
podium	podium_definition_and_meaning.html
podium	podium_definition_and_meaning.html
polian vessicles	polian_vessicles_definition_and_meaning.html
polychaete	polychaete_definition_and_meaning.html
polyp	polyp_definition_and_meaning.html
polyp	polyp_definition_and_meaning.html
polyplacophore	polyplacophore_definition_and_meaning.html
polyploid	polyploid_definition_and_meaning.html
polyplucophora	polyplucophora_definition_and_meaning.html
polypoid	polypoid_definition_and_meaning.html
post larva	post_larva_definition_and_meaning.html
pre-epodite	pre_epodite_definition_and_meaning.html
proboscides	proboscides_definition_and_meaning.html
proboscis	proboscis_definition_and_meaning.html
proctodeal	proctodeal_definition_and_meaning.html
proglottid	proglottid_definition_and_meaning.html
prokaryote	prokaryote_definition_and_meaning.html
propodium	propodium_definition_and_meaning.html
prosobranch	prosobranch_definition_and_meaning.html
prosoplyle	prosoplyle_definition_and_meaning.html
protocereberum	protocereberum_definition_and_meaning.html
protocuticle	protocuticle_definition_and_meaning.html
protonephridium	protonephridium_definition_and_meaning.html
protoplasm	protoplasm_definition_and_meaning.html
protopodite	protopodite_definition_and_meaning.html
protostyle	protostyle_definition_and_meaning.html
prototroch	prototroch_definition_and_meaning.html
protozoan	protozoan_definition_and_meaning.html
pseudo branch	pseudo_branch_definition_and_meaning.html
pseudofeces	pseudofeces_definition_and_meaning.html
pseudopodia	pseudopodia_definition_and_meaning.html
pteropods	pteropods_definition_and_meaning.html
pygidium	pygidium_definition_and_meaning.html
radioles	radioles_definition_and_meaning.html
radule	radule_definition_and_meaning.html
redia	redia_definition_and_meaning.html
reticupodia	reticupodia_definition_and_meaning.html
retinula	retinula_definition_and_meaning.html
rhabdites	rhabdites_definition_and_meaning.html
rhabdome	rhabdome_definition_and_meaning.html
rhabdomere	rhabdomere_definition_and_meaning.html
rhmophore	rhmophore_definition_and_meaning.html
rhopalium	rhopalium_definition_and_meaning.html
saccules	saccules_definition_and_meaning.html
saprophyte	saprophyte_definition_and_meaning.html
saprozoic	saprozoic_definition_and_meaning.html
sarcodinas	sarcodinas_definition_and_meaning.html
scalid	scalid_definition_and_meaning.html
scaphognathite	scaphognathite_definition_and_meaning.html
schizogamy	schizogamy_definition_and_meaning.html
scolex	scolex_definition_and_meaning.html
scyphistome	scyphistome_definition_and_meaning.html
scyphozoan	scyphozoan_definition_and_meaning.html
seminal vessicle	seminal_vessicle_definition_and_meaning.html
septibranch	septibranch_definition_and_meaning.html
seta, pl. setae	seta_pl_setae_definition_and_meaning.html
sinus	sinus_definition_and_meaning.html
siphonoglyph	siphonoglyph_definition_and_meaning.html
solenogaster	solenogaster_definition_and_meaning.html
spermatheca	spermatheca_definition_and_meaning.html
spermatophore	spermatophore_definition_and_meaning.html
spheridia	spheridia_definition_and_meaning.html
spicule	spicule_definition_and_meaning.html
sporocyst	sporocyst_definition_and_meaning.html
sporogony	sporogony_definition_and_meaning.html
sporozoite	sporozoite_definition_and_meaning.html
statoblast	statoblast_definition_and_meaning.html
statocyst	statocyst_definition_and_meaning.html
sternum	sternum_definition_and_meaning.html
sterogastrula	sterogastrula_definition_and_meaning.html
stigmata	stigmata_definition_and_meaning.html
stolon	stolon_definition_and_meaning.html
stomodeal	stomodeal_definition_and_meaning.html
stomodium	stomodium_definition_and_meaning.html
strobila	strobila_definition_and_meaning.html
style sac	style_sac_definition_and_meaning.html
subumbrella	subumbrella_definition_and_meaning.html
superposition image	superposition_image_definition_and_meaning.html
synapse	synapse_definition_and_meaning.html
torsion	torsion_definition_and_meaning.html
totipotent	totipotent_definition_and_meaning.html
trachea	trachea_definition_and_meaning.html
trichobothria	trichobothria_definition_and_meaning.html
trichocyst	trichocyst_definition_and_meaning.html
tritocerebrum	tritocerebrum_definition_and_meaning.html
trivium	trivium_definition_and_meaning.html
trophozooid	trophozooid_definition_and_meaning.html
tun	tun_definition_and_meaning.html
tunicin	tunicin_definition_and_meaning.html
umbo	umbo_definition_and_meaning.html
vacuole	vacuole_definition_and_meaning.html
vector tissue	vector_tissue_definition_and_meaning.html
veliger larva	veliger_larva_definition_and_meaning.html
velum	velum_definition_and_meaning.html
vibraculum	vibraculum_definition_and_meaning.html
vitillarium	vitillarium_definition_and_meaning.html
zoea	zoea_definition_and_meaning.html
zoochlorellae	zoochlorellae_definition_and_meaning.html
zooecium	zooecium_definition_and_meaning.html
zooflagellates	zooflagellates_definition_and_meaning.html
zygosis	zygosis_definition_and_meaning.html
zygote	zygote_definition_and_meaning.html