Glossary of Scientific Terms and Expressions: G

2 Dec 2011   | Glossary of Science

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  • geniculate (jin-IK-yoo-lat): L. geniculum = little knee, knotty; 1. zool. anat. — bent, knee-like; a. arach. anat. — usu. pertains to chelicerae in which the basal segment (paturon) extends beyond the clypeus giving the chelicerae a bent appearance.
  • genital bulb (see bulb)
  • glabrous (GLA-bruhs): L. glaber = bald, smooth; 1. zool. anat. — smooth, shiny; a. arach. anat. — usu. ref. to a smooth cuticle that is without hairs or spines.
  • globose (GLO-bos): L. globos = sphere, globe; 1. zool. anat. — rounded, spherical.
  • gnathobase (NAATH-o-bas): see endite.
  • gnathocoxa (naath-o-CAHX-ah): see endite.
  • gonopore (GAWH-no-por): Gr. γονος “gonos” = that which is begotten or produced, young animals, fruit + Gr. πορος “poros” = a passage, a way though, a hole; 1. zool. anat. — the genital opening; a. arach. anat. — the genital opening in the middle of the epigastric furrow.

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Abbreviations:

  • anat. = anatomy; arach. = arachnid; behav. = behavioral; biol. = biological (inclusive of all animals and plants); bot. = botanical (inclusive of all plants); Gr. = Greek; L. = Latin; q.v. = L. quod vide = which see; pl. = plural; taxon. = taxonomy; zool. = zoological (inclusive of all animals).

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References:

  • Allaby, Michael, Ed. 1991. The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Zoology. Oxford Press.
  • Beccaloni, Jan. 2009. Arachnids; Glossary, p. 319. University of California Press, p. 56.
  • Gertsch, Willis J., 1979. American Spiders, 2nd Edition: Glossary, pp. 255-260. Von Nostrand Reinhold Company.
  • Howell, W. Mike, and Ronald L. Jenkins. 2004. Spiders of the Eastern United States; Glossary, Chapter X, pp. 341-348. Pearson Education.
  • Jackman, John A. 1997. A Field Guide to Spiders & Scorpions of Texas: Glossary pp. 173-177. Texas Monthly.
  • Kaston, B. J. 1978. How to know the spiders: Index and Pictured Glossary, pp. 267-272. McGraw Hill Company.
  • Preston-Mafham, Rod. 1996. The Book of Spiders and Scorpions; Glossary, pp. 140-141. Barnes & Noble Books, New York.
  • Ubick, D., P. Paquin, P.E. Cusing and V. Roth, editors, 2005. Spiders of North America, Chapter 72: Glossary — pronunciation guide. Published by the American Arachnological Society.
  • Venes, Donald, Ed. 2009. Taber’s Cyclopedic Medical Dictionary, 21st Ed. F.A. Davis Company, Philadelphia.
  • Williams, Tim. 2005. A Dictionary of the Roots and Combining Forms of Scientific Words. Squirrox Press, Norfolk, England.

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