hooklets

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• hooklets — see hamulus, uncus …   Dictionary of invertebrate zoology

• hooklets — 1. Clawlike, retractile chitinous hooks that encircle or line the rostellum of the scolex of certain taenioid tapeworms for attachment to the intestinal mucosa, with the additional aid of suckers; the h. can be withdrawn and the rostellum… …   Medical dictionary

• hymenopteran — /huy meuh nop teuhr euhn/, adj. 1. hymenopterous. n. 2. Also, hymenopter. a hymenopterous insect. [1875 80; HYMENOPTER + AN] * * * ▪ insect Introduction   any member of the third largest and perhaps the most beneficial to humans of all insect… …   Universalium

• lepidopteran — /lep i dop teuhr euhn/, adj. 1. lepidopterous. n. 2. a lepidopterous insect. [1850 55; LEPIDOPTER(A) + AN] * * * Any of the more than 100,000 species constituting the order Lepidoptera (Greek: scaly wing ): butterflies, moths, and skippers. The… …   Universalium

• Down — Down, n. [Akin to LG. dune, dun, Icel. d?nn, Sw. dun, Dan. duun, G. daune, cf. D. dons; perh. akin to E. dust.] 1. Fine, soft, hairy outgrowth from the skin or surface of animals or plants, not matted and fleecy like wool; esp.: (a) (Zo[ o]l.)… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• Down tree — Down Down, n. [Akin to LG. dune, dun, Icel. d?nn, Sw. dun, Dan. duun, G. daune, cf. D. dons; perh. akin to E. dust.] 1. Fine, soft, hairy outgrowth from the skin or surface of animals or plants, not matted and fleecy like wool; esp.: (a) (Zo[ o]l …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• Echinococcus — E*chi no*coc cus ([e^]*k[imac] n[ o]*k[o^]k*k), n. [NL., fr. Gr. echi^nos hedgehog, sea urchin + ko kkos grain, seed, berry. So called because forming little granular bodies, each armed with hooklets and disposed upon the inner wall of the… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• Ochroma Lagopus — Down Down, n. [Akin to LG. dune, dun, Icel. d?nn, Sw. dun, Dan. duun, G. daune, cf. D. dons; perh. akin to E. dust.] 1. Fine, soft, hairy outgrowth from the skin or surface of animals or plants, not matted and fleecy like wool; esp.: (a) (Zo[ o]l …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• Taenia echinococcus — Echinococcus E*chi no*coc cus ([e^]*k[imac] n[ o]*k[o^]k*k), n. [NL., fr. Gr. echi^nos hedgehog, sea urchin + ko kkos grain, seed, berry. So called because forming little granular bodies, each armed with hooklets and disposed upon the inner wall… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• Echinococcosis — Classification and external resources Echinococcus life cycle (click to enlarge) ICD 10 B …   Wikipedia

• Scale insect — Temporal range: Lower Cretaceous–recent …   Wikipedia