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vitta
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vit·ta  (vt)
n. pl. vit·tae (vt)
1. Zoology A streak or band of color, as on the bill of a bird.
2. Botany An oil tube in the fruit of certain plants, such as the carrot or parsley.
[Latin, headband, ribbon; see wei- in Indo-European roots.]
vittate (vtt) adj.
vitta [ˈvɪtə]
n pl -tae [-tiː]
1. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Botany) any of numerous tubelike cavities containing oil or resin that occur in the fruits of certain plants, esp of parsley and other umbellifers
2. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Biology) Biology a band or stripe of colour
[from Latin: headband; related to viēre to plait]
vittate  adj
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Two to four longitudinal vittae are situated over the locular region, symmetrically about the central fruit axis (Fig.
Phylogenetic distribution and identification of fin-winged fruits by Manchester, Steven R.; O'Leary, Elizabeth L. / The Botanical Review
On the scutum, two principal longitudinal vittae (stripes) are observed running most of the length of the scutum, one vitta abuts the acrostichal row subdorsally, the other abuts the dorsocentral row sublaterally, the former is here termed the acrostichal vitta and the latter the dorsocentral vitta (Fig.
Revision of Afrotropical Pachycerina Macquart (Diptera: Lauxaniidae) by Davies, Gregory B.P.; Miller, Raymond M. / African Invertebrates
occidentalis Feng, 2003, with 2 post intra-alar setae), distance between acr rows narrow, scutum usually with 3 indistinct vittae, vein with angulated katepisternum 2+1; [m.
Studies on the genus Onesia (Diptera: Calliphoridae) from China, with ... by Xue, Wan-Qi; Dong, Wen-Xiu; Bai, Shu-Chong / Florida Entomologist
 
 
 
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