单词 | mycetome |
释义 | mycetomen. Entomology. An organ consisting of an aggregation of mycetocytes, found in certain insects. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Insecta > parts of insects > [noun] > specialized cell > cell containing micro-organisms or mycetocyte > mycetome pseudovitellus1858 mycetoma1923 mycetome1924 1924 Philippine Jrnl. Sci. 24 143 (heading) Studies on the embryogeny and postnatal development of the Aphididæ with special reference to the history of the ‘symbiotic organ’, or ‘mycetom’. 1938 Proc. Royal Soc. B. 126 213 The method employed by Aschner and Ries (1933) for removing the mycetome in Pediculus. 1946 Nature 30 Nov. 795/2 These insects would starve for lack of nitrogenous food were it not for mycetome symbiosis with Azotobacter. 1950 Amer. Naturalist 84 47 Mycetom constituents are known to be passed from mother to embryo in the aphids. 1986 M. Kogut tr. H. G. Schlegel Gen. Microbiol. xvii. 523 In many insects the organs that harbour the endosymbionts (mycetomes) are derived from continuations or appendices of the hind gut. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1924 |
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