- mesal penellipse
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(ARTHROPODA: Insecta)In larvae, a series of crochets covering at least the mesal half of the proleg, incomplete laterally; see penellipse.
Online Dictionary of Invertebrate Zoology. A.R. Maggenti and S.L. Gardne. 2005.
mesal penellipse
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penellipse — n. [L. paene, almost; Gr. elleipsis, leaving out] (ARTHROPODA: Insecta) In larvae, a series of crochets usually more than a semicircle and less than a complete circle; see lateral penellipse, mesal penellipse … Dictionary of invertebrate zoology
