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Stalk :: Stalk (n.) The peduncle of the eyes of decapod crustaceans.

Diplopoda :: Diplopoda (n. pl.) An order of myriapods having two pairs of legs on each segment; the Chilognatha.

Iulus :: Iulus (n.) A genus of chilognathous myriapods. The body is long and round, consisting of numerous smooth, equal segments, each of which bears two pairs of short legs. It includes the galleyworms. See Chilognatha..

Multiped :: Multiped (n.) An insect having many feet, as a myriapod..

Neuropodium :: Neuropodium (n.) The ventral lobe or branch of a parapodium.

Zoea :: Zoea (n.) A peculiar larval stage of certain decapod Crustacea, especially of crabs and certain Anomura..

Apodixis :: Apodixis (n.) Full demonstration.

Apneumona :: Apneumona (n. pl.) An order of holothurians in which the internal respiratory organs are wanting; -- called also Apoda or Apodes.

Eyestalk :: Eyestalk (n.) One of the movable peduncles which, in the decapod Crustacea, bear the eyes at the tip..

Iulidan :: Iulidan (n.) One of the Iulidae, a family of myriapods, of which the genus Iulus is the type. See Iulus..

Tomopteris :: Tomopteris (n.) A genus of transparent marine annelids which swim actively at the surface of the sea. They have deeply divided or forked finlike organs (parapodia). This genus is the type of the order, or suborder, Gymnocopa..

Tibia :: Tibia (n.) The fourth joint of the leg of an insect. See Illust. under Coleoptera, and under Hexapoda..

Polygordius :: Polygordius (n.) A genus of marine annelids, believed to be an ancient or ancestral type. It is remarkable for its simplicity of structure and want of parapodia. It is the type of the order Archiannelida, or Gymnotoma. See Loeven's larva..

Thysanura :: Thysanura (n. pl.) An order of wingless hexapod insects which have setiform caudal appendages, either bent beneath the body to form a spring, or projecting as bristles. It comprises the Cinura, or bristletails, and the Collembola, or springtails. Called also Thysanoura. See Lepisma, and Podura..

Torus :: Torus (n.) One of the ventral parapodia of tubicolous annelids. It usually has the form of an oblong thickening or elevation of the integument with rows of uncini or hooks along the center. See Illust. under Tubicolae.

Scaphognathite :: Scaphognathite (n.) A thin leafike appendage (the exopodite) of the second maxilla of decapod crustaceans. It serves as a pumping organ to draw the water through the gill cavity.

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..

Anapodeictic :: Anapodeictic (a.) Not apodeictic; undemonstrable.

Myriopoda :: Myriopoda (n. pl.) See Myriapoda.

Apodes :: Apodes (pl. ) of Apod.

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