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Myotome :: Myotome (n.) A muscular segment; one of the zones into which the muscles of the trunk, especially in fishes, are divided; a myocomma..

Sternum :: Sternum (n.) A plate of cartilage, or a series of bony or cartilaginous plates or segments, in the median line of the pectoral skeleton of most vertebrates above fishes; the breastbone..

Spindling :: Spindleworm (n.) The larva of a noctuid mmoth (Achatodes zeae) which feeds inside the stalks of corn (maize), sometimes causing much damage. It is smooth, with a black head and tail and a row of black dots across each segment..

Chilognatha :: Chilognatha (n. pl.) One of the two principal orders of myriapods. They have numerous segments, each bearing two pairs of small, slender legs, which are attached ventrally, near together..

Metameric :: Metameric (a.) Of or pertaining to a metamere or its formation; as, metameric segmentation..

Neuromere :: Neuromere (n.) A metameric segment of the cerebro-spinal nervous system.

Mesosternum :: Mesosternum (n.) The ventral piece of the middle segment of the thorax in insects.

Flanch :: Flanch (n.) A bearing consisting of a segment of a circle encroaching on the field from the side.

Manus :: Manus (n.) The distal segment of the fore limb, including the carpus and fore foot or hand..

Cant :: Cant (n.) A segment forming a side piece in the head of a cask.

Segmental :: Segmental (a.) Of or pertaining to the segments of animals; as, a segmental duct; segmental papillae..

Multifid :: Multifid (a.) Having many segments; cleft into several parts by linear sinuses; as, a multifid leaf or corolla..

Hypobranchial :: Hypobranchial (a.) Pertaining to the segment between the basibranchial and the ceratobranchial in a branchial arch.

Two-cleft :: Two-cleft (a.) Divided about half way from the border to the base into two segments; bifid.

Protopodite :: Protopodite (n.) The basal portion, or two proximal and more or less consolidated segments, of an appendage of a crustacean..

Internode :: Internode (n.) A part between two joints; a segment; specifically, one of the phalanges..

Catadromous :: Catadromous (a.) Having the lowest inferior segment of a pinna nearer the rachis than the lowest superior one; -- said of a mode of branching in ferns, and opposed to anadromous..

Spiracle :: Spiracle (n.) One of the external openings communicating with the air tubes or tracheae of insects, myriapods, and arachnids. They are variable in number, and are usually situated on the sides of the thorax and abdomen, a pair to a segment. These openings are usually elliptical, and capable of being closed. See Illust. under Coleoptera..

Somite :: Somite (n.) One of the actual or ideal serial segments of which an animal, esp. an articulate or vertebrate, is is composed; somatome; metamere..

Thorax :: Thorax (n.) The second, or middle, region of the body of a crustacean, arachnid, or other articulate animal. In the case of decapod Crustacea, some writers include under the term thorax only the three segments bearing the maxillipeds; others include also the five segments bearing the legs. See Illust. in Appendix..

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