Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- In entorn., posterior and lateral, as a portion of a metathoracic segment; of or pertaining to the metapleuron.—2. Of orpertaining to the metapleur.
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- adjective Pertaining to the
metapleuron or metapleur
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Examples
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And, as fins, my metapleural folds will agitate the sea.
Ancient history jhetley 2005
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I've grown some metapleural folds and sport an oral hood.
Ancient history jhetley 2005
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I've grown some metapleural folds and sport an oral hood
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As fins, my metapleural folds will agitate the sea
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To what series of cavities in the frog are the metapleural canals to be compared?
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The atrium and metapleural canals are easily recognised in both.
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The metapleural folds run forward in front of the velum, as the epipleurs (ep. in Sections 1 and 2), and form an oral hood (b.c.), around which the tentacles appear, and which is evidently not equivalent to the vertebrate mouth cavity, but in front of and outside it.
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Poulsen M, Bot AN, Boomsma JJ (2003) The effect of metapleural gland secretion on the growth of a mutualistic bacterium on the cuticle of leaf-cutting ants.
PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles Jarrod J. Scott et al. 2010
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The only truly primitive/basal ant was the first eusocial vespoid with a metapleural gland, let us say.
Myrmecos Blog 2010
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The water is then carried down to the atrium: an organ made up of the gill slits and metapleural folds (folds created by the body).
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