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Cephalosome

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cephalomerenoun(zoology) One of the somites (arthromeres) which make up the head of arthropods.
pseudocephalonnounAn extension of the first segment of the thorax of an insect larva
cephalothoraxnounThe fused head and thorax of spiders and crustaceans
protocephalonnounThe basic embryonic head of an anthropod.
cephalogenesisnounThe formation of the head (in the developing embryo)
encephalumnounThe brain of an insect
protocerebrumnoun(biology) The anterior part of the arthropod brain.
cephalophorenoun(Roman Catholicism) Any of a group of saints depicted in art carrying heads in their hands.
acephalocystnoun(zoology) A larval entozoön in the form of a subglobular or oval vesicle, or hydatid, filled with fluid, sometimes found in the tissues of man and the lower animals; -- so called from the absence of a head or visible organs on the vesicle. These cysts are the immature stages of certain tapeworms. Also applied to similar cysts of different origin.
prosomanoun(zoology) The front segment of a body which is divided into two or more segments, especially the cephalothorax of an arachnid or crustacean.
cephaloprothoraxnounThe fused head and prothorax of spiders and crustaceans
cephalontnounThe adult stage of cephaline gregarine
lorenounAll the facts and traditions about a particular subject that have been accumulated over time through education or experience.
metasomanoun(entomology) The posterior part of the three-part body-structure of many arthropods, the other two parts being prosoma and mesosoma.
mesosomanoun(zoology) The middle part of the body, or tagma, of arthropods whose body is composed of three parts (the other two being the prosoma and the metasoma), bearing the legs and (in winged insects) the wings.
glabellanoun(anatomy) The space between the eyebrows and above the nose.
prostomiumnoun(zoology) The portion of the head of an annelid situated in front of the mouth.
headplatenoun(zoology) The plate of bone or chitin that forms the outer surface of the head of some organisms
cephalobnounSynonym of cephalobid.
mesocerebrumnounA ganglion of antennular somite in arthropods

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  • cephalosomeis

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