Explanation of Terms Used in EntomologySmith, John Bernhard
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Explanation of Terms Used in Entomology
Smith, John Bernhard
Insects -- Nomenclature
Germanium: an ovary: that portion of an ovarian tube containing the
cell elements.
Germ-ball: reproductive cells in larvae from which, exceptionally,
young may develop as buds.
Germ-band or Germinal band: that portion of a young embryo which
is to become the future insect, when it is in the form of a band or
strap and may or may not show the division into the future segments.
Gerontogeic: belonging to the old world: see neogeic.
Gibba: a rounded protuberance or prominence.
Gibbous: hump-backed; protuberant: said of a macula when it
resembles a moon more than half full.
Gibbus: when the whole surface forms a hump or obtuse cone.
Gills: respiratory structures which function in water; distinguished as
true or blood gills where contained blood conveys the absorbed oxygen
from the gill to the tissues, and as tracheal gills when this conveyance
is by contained tracheae.
Gilvus: = flavus; q.v.
Ginglymus: a hinge joint that permits flexion in one plane.
Gizzard: a pouch-like structure between the crop and chylific ventricle
furnished with chitinous teeth or plates, in which the food is prepared
for the digestive juices by grinding or merely sifting = cardia.
Glaber-rous: smooth; free from all vestiture.
Gland: a cellular sac which separates or secretes from the blood
specific portions to produce characteristic products - e.g. wax,
saliva, silk, etc.
Gland-bearing prominence: in Diaspinae a prominence on the margin,
bear-ing a gland opening on the dorsal surface.
Gland orifice: in Coccidae, the external opening through which a gland
pours its secretions.
Gland spines: in Coccidae; spiny appendages, each of which is
supplied with a single gland whose opening is at the tip.
Glandular: having the character or function of a gland: used as
descriptive of specialized hairs, spines or other processes.
Glassy: transparent; glass-like in appearance.
Glaucus: shining sea-green: whitish blue inclining to gray lavender.
Globose: formed like a globe or sphere.
Globulin; an albumenoid proteid compound formed in the blood of
insects.
Glochis: a barbed point.
Glomerate: congregated or massed together.
Glossa: the inner lobe of second maxilla, corresponding to the lacing
of first maxilla: loosely used as a synonym for tongue: especially
applied to the coiled structure of the Lepidoptera; see also ligula.
Glossarium: Diptera; the labrum-epipharynx; q.v.
Glossata: a Fabrician term for Lepidoptera.
Glossate: furnished with a spiral tongue.
Glossotheca: that part of the pupa which covers the tongue.
Glutinose -ous: slimy; viscid.
Gnathal: relating or pertaining to the jaws.
Gnathite: a jaw or jaw-like appendage; in the plural, the mouth parts.
Gnathochilarium: a plate formed by the labial structures.
Gnathopoda: the arthropods: the first pair of legs; especially applied
in crustaceans: mouth feet.
Goffered: a surface with regular impressions, closely set, and
separated by narrow ridges: reticulated.
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