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Stomp :: Stomodaeum (n.) The primitive mouth and esophagus of the embryo of annelids and arthropods.

Circumesophagal :: Circumesophagal (a.) Surrounding the esophagus; -- in Zool. said of the nerve commissures and ganglia of arthropods and mollusks.

Abdomen :: Abdomen (n.) The posterior section of the body, behind the thorax, in insects, crustaceans, and other Arthropoda..

Myriapoda :: Myriapoda (n. pl.) A class, or subclass, of arthropods, related to the hexapod insects, from which they differ in having the body made up of numerous similar segments, nearly all of which bear true jointed legs. They have one pair of antennae, three pairs of mouth organs, and numerous trachaae, similar to those of true insects. The larvae, when first hatched, often have but three pairs of legs. See Centiped, Galleyworm, Milliped..

Lindia :: Lindia (n.) A peculiar genus of rotifers, remarkable for the absence of ciliated disks. By some zoologists it is thought to be like the ancestral form of the Arthropoda..

Water Breather :: Water breather () Any arthropod that breathes by means of gills.

Sternutation :: Sternum (n.) The ventral part of any one of the somites of an arthropod.

Trilobita :: Trilobita (n. pl.) An extinct order of arthropods comprising the trilobites.

Urosternite :: Urosternite (n.) The sternal, or under piece, of any one of the uromeres of insects and other arthropods..

Cephalomere :: Cephalomere (n.) One of the somites (arthromeres) which make up the head of arthropods.

Trilobite :: Trilobite (n.) Any one of numerous species of extinct arthropods belonging to the order Trilobita. Trilobites were very common in the Silurian and Devonian periods, but became extinct at the close of the Paleozoic. So named from the three lobes usually seen on each segment..

Hypoderma :: Hypoderma (n.) An inner cellular layer which lies beneath the chitinous cuticle of arthropods, annelids, and some other invertebrates..

Insect :: Insect (n.) Any air-breathing arthropod, as a spider or scorpion..

Merostomata :: Merostomata (n. pl.) A class of Arthropoda, allied to the Crustacea. It includes the trilobites, Eurypteroidea, and Limuloidea. All are extinct except the horseshoe crabs of the last group. See Limulus..

Cephalosome :: Cephalosome (n.) The anterior region or head of insects and other arthropods.

Vitrella :: Vitrella (n.) One of the transparent lenslike cells in the ocelli of certain arthropods.

Annulosa :: Annulosa (n. pl.) A division of the Invertebrata, nearly equivalent to the Articulata. It includes the Arthoropoda and Anarthropoda. By some zoologists it is applied to the former only..

Baenopod :: Baenopod (n.) One of the thoracic legs of Arthropods.

Baenomere :: Baenomere (n.) One of the somites (arthromeres) that make up the thorax of Arthropods.

Crustacea :: Crustacea (n. pl.) One of the classes of the arthropods, including lobsters and crabs; -- so called from the crustlike shell with which they are covered..

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