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[skew-TELL-um] a segment of the pronotum, appearing as a more or less triangular segment behind the pronotum, most noticable in the true bugs (Hemiptera), cicadas and relatives (Homoptera) and the beetles (Coleoptera).
Ãâó: members.aol.com/YESedu/glossary.html
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the shield-like cotyledon of certain monocots, such as bamboos
Ãâó: www.inbar.int/publication/txt/tr10/glossary2.htm
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Haustorial tissue of the embryo located between the endosperm and the plummule-radicle axis of the embryo.
Ãâó: www.csdl.tamu.edu/FLORA/taes/tracy/610/key/glossar...
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a triangular shaped section on the back of Hemiptera and some Coleoptera. It is often the identifying characteristic of Hemipterans.
Ãâó: insects.tamu.edu/youth/4H/studymaterials/senior/gl...
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The cotyledon in cereals (and most monocots) that transfers stored reserves of the endosperm to the germinating embryo.
Ãâó: www.agls.uidaho.edu/cerealsci/vocabulary.htm
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