- eucone
- eu·cone
English syllables. 2014.
eucone
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eucone — … Useful english dictionary
crystalline cone — (ARTHROPODA: Insecta) The hard, clear intracellular structure of the eucone eye, produced by Semper cells beneath the cornea and bordered laterally by the primary pigment cells; also known as vitreous body or crystalline body; see acone eye,… … Dictionary of invertebrate zoology
Хрусталик — (lens crystallina), или линза преломляющее тело в глазу, имеющее у различных форм весьма различное морфологическое значение. Иногда X. вовсе отсутствует, напр. в глазу большинства медуз, а также и в сравнительно высокоорганизованном глазу… … Энциклопедический словарь Ф.А. Брокгауза и И.А. Ефрона
acone eye — (ARTHROPODA: Insecta) A condition (possibly primitive) of a compound eye in which the ommatidium is lacking a crystalline cone, but is modified in the form of elongated transparent bodies called Semper cells; see pseudocone, eucone, exocone … Dictionary of invertebrate zoology
palisade — n. [L. palus, stake] (ARTHROPODA: Insecta) The clear region formed around the rhabdom in a light adapted eucone apposition eye when exposed to darkness … Dictionary of invertebrate zoology
pseudocone — adj. [Gr. pseudos, false; konas, cone] (ARTHROPODA: Insecta) In certain Diptera and Odonata, a condition where the cone of the ommatidium is liquid filled or gelatinous rather than a crystalline cone (eucone condition) … Dictionary of invertebrate zoology
acone — ˈāˌkōn adjective Etymology: a (II) + cone of insect eyes : having ommatidia that lack the crystalline cone of the lens system and that form the image by apposition compare eucone … Useful english dictionary
pseudocone — I. “+ˌ adjective Etymology: pseud + cone : being an insect eye in which the crystalline cone is formed by a vitreous secretion of the cone cells compare eucone II. noun : a pseudocone eye … Useful english dictionary
euconic — adjective see eucone … Useful english dictionary
