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Phalangoidea :: Phalangoidea (n. pl.) A division of Arachnoidea, including the daddy longlegs or harvestman (Phalangium) and many similar kinds. They have long, slender, many-jointed legs; usually a rounded, segmented abdomen; and chelate jaws. They breathe by tracheae. Called also Phalangides, Phalangidea, Phalangiida, and Opilionea..

Bilobate :: Bilobate (a.) Divided into two lobes or segments.

Ennation :: Ennation (n.) The ninth segment in insects.

Segment :: Segment (v. i.) To divide or separate into parts in growth; to undergo segmentation, or cleavage, as in the segmentation of the ovum..

Anadromous :: Anadromous (a.) Tending upwards; -- said of terns in which the lowest secondary segments are on the upper side of the branch of the central stem.

Cant :: Cant (n.) A segment of he rim of a wooden cogwheel.

Syzygy :: Syzygy (n.) Any one of the segments of an arm of a crinoid composed of two joints so closely united that the line of union is obliterated on the outer, though visible on the inner, side..

Articulus :: Articulus (n.) A joint of the cirri of the Crinoidea; a joint or segment of an arthropod appendage.

Thigh :: Thigh (n.) The proximal segment of the hind limb between the knee and the trunk. See Femur.

Segment :: Segment (n.) A piece in the form of the sector of a circle, or part of a ring; as, the segment of a sectional fly wheel or flywheel rim..

Morula :: Morula (n.) The sphere or globular mass of cells (blastomeres), formed by the clevage of the ovum or egg in the first stages of its development; -- called also mulberry mass, segmentation sphere, and blastosphere. See Segmentation..

Cant :: Cant (n.) A segment forming a side piece in the head of a cask.

Epibranchial :: Epibranchial (a.) Pertaining to the segment between the ceratobranchial and pharyngobranchial in a branchial arch.

Inarticulate :: Inarticulate (a.) Not jointed or articulated; having no distinct body segments; as, an inarticulate worm..

Sweep :: Sweep (n.) The mold of a ship when she begins to curve in at the rungheads; any part of a ship shaped in a segment of a circle.

Scallop :: Scallop (v. t.) To mark or cut the edge or border of into segments of circles, like the edge or surface of a scallop shell. See Scallop, n., 2..

Morulation :: Morulation (n.) The process of cleavage, or segmentation, of the ovum, by which a morula is formed..

Brachium :: Brachium (n.) The upper arm; the segment of the fore limb between the shoulder and the elbow.

Zoonite :: Zoonite (n.) One of the theoretic transverse divisions of any segmented animal.

Chaetopoda :: Chaetopoda (n. pl.) A very extensive order of Annelida, characterized by the presence of lateral setae, or spines, on most or all of the segments. They are divided into two principal groups: Oligochaeta, including the earthworms and allied forms, and Polychaeta, including most of the marine species..

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