"segment" in inglés with examples - Collocation dictionary inglés
- The substance will then diffuse from the posterior segment into the anterior one, giving concentrations as shown in Figure 14c.
- The posterior segment is flattened and bears no chaetae.
- The head and the posterior abdominal segments are relatively small and dark-coloured.
- The posterior segment may be fused with anterior part of a simple and small pygidium.
- Rarely, it may extend to the posterior segment to cause endophthalmitis in later stages, leading to the destruction of the eye.
- In some species the two posterior abdominal segments are reduced.
- The air pressure is temporary as the posterior segment will soon re-fill with fluid.
- When mature, a number of its posterior segments gradually develop into one or more sexual individuals which finally break away and swim free in the sea.
- The posterior segments of the worm bear hooked bristles which help anchor it in its tube.
- Abdomen: The posterior abdominal segments are extensively modified for reproduction.
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