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  • inquiline. Zool.: from Latin inquilinus, “lodger” or “tenant,” i.e., an animal that lives commensally in the nest, burrow, or dwelling place of an animal of another species; e.g., some organisms such as insects may live in the homes of gophers and feed on debris, fungi, roots
  • instar. The stage of an insect between successive molts.
  • integument [enn-TEG-yew-mint]. The outer covering of the body.
  • interstitial [enn-tur-STIH-shull]. 1. Of trochanters: distal margin of trochanter at a right angle to long axis of leg; 2. Of 2 veins: the ends of the veins meeting.
  • intra-alar bristles. A row of bristles on mesonotum above wing bases.

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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:

  1. Allaby, Michael, Ed. 1991. The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Zoology. Oxford Press.
  2. Beccaloni, Jan. 2009. Arachnids; Glossary, p. 319. University of California Press, p. 56.
  3. Gertsch, Willis J., 1979. American Spiders, 2nd Edition: Glossary, pp. 255-260. Von Nostrand Reinhold Company.
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  9. Venes, Donald, Ed. 2009. Taber’s Cyclopedic Medical Dictionary, 21st Ed. F.A. Davis Company, Philadelphia.
  10. Williams, Tim. 2005. A Dictionary of the Roots and Combining Forms of Scientific Words. Squirrox Press, Norfolk, England.

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