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schizogastry

schizogastry noun: a specific physical condition where an organism's ventral (underbelly) plate is split or divided into two separate plates by a transverse band.

Noun

schizogastry (uncountable)

  1. (rare) A specific physical condition where an organism's ventral (underbelly) plate is split or divided into two separate plates by a transverse band.
    • The key demonstrates the impossibility of the system: it starts with errors and it continues with the use of characters that are not comprehended (the superfamily Palaeacaroidea is said to be the only group in which the gnathosoma is visible from above, although this character is present in the...1959, Van Der Hammen, L, KEY TO THE GROUPS OF PRIMITIVE ORIBATID MITES, page 3
    • A horizontal suture behind genital piate (schizogastry). Lateroabdominal gland present [...]1961, Akadémiai Kiadó, Acta Zoologica Academiae Scientiarum Hungaricae

Examples of schizogastry in a sentence

  • A horizontal suture behind genital plate (schizogastry): latero-abdominal gland present ...1979, McDaniel, Burruss, How to know the mites and ticks, page 292:
  • The separation of the genito-aggential region from the ano-adanal region by a transverse scissure in the Epilohmanniidae is termed schizogastry.1992, Principles of acarology, page 461:

Origin of schizogastry

From schizo- + -gastry.

Questions about schizogastry

What does schizogastry mean?
Schizogastry means a specific physical condition where an organism's ventral (underbelly) plate is split or divided into two separate plates by a transverse band.
How do you use schizogastry in a sentence?
A horizontal suture behind genital plate (schizogastry): latero-abdominal gland present ...
What part of speech is schizogastry?
Schizogastry is a noun.

Words near schizogastry in the dictionary

  1. schizodont
  2. schizodonts
  3. schizogamic
  4. schizogamous
  5. schizogamy
  6. schizogastry
  7. schizogenesis
  8. schizogenetic
  9. schizogenetically
  10. schizogenic
  11. schizogenous

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