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Chironomus

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Noun1.Chironomus - type genus of the Chironomidae
arthropod genus - a genus of arthropods


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The researchers then tested two stream dwellers: the amphipod Hyalella azteca, which is a small, shrimplike crustacean, and a larval midge of the species Chironomus tentans.
Chronic exposure to 17alpha-ethinylestradiol and bisphenol A--effects on development and reproduction in the freshwater invertebrate Chironomus riparius (Diptera: Chironomidae), Aquat Toxicol 55:113-124 (2001).
In the course of such studies, Green and Sanchez came across godwit droppings that had the bright-red larvae of the midge Chironomus salinarius wriggling within them.
 
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