Definition of Muscoid. Meaning of Muscoid. Synonyms of Muscoid

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Definition of Muscoid

Muscoid
Muscoid Mus"coid, a. [Muscus + -oid: cf. F. muscoide.] (Bot.) Mosslike; resembling moss.
Muscoid
Muscoid Mus"coid, n. (Bot.) A term formerly applied to any mosslike flowerless plant, with a distinct stem, and often with leaves, but without any vascular system.

Meaning of Muscoid from wikipedia

- contexts the Acalyptratae also are referred to informally as the acalyptrate muscoids, or acalyptrates, as opposed to the Calyptratae. All forms of the name...
- ptilinum, so lack the prominent ptilinal suture on the face as in other muscoid flies. They do still have a puparium with a circular emergence opening...
- eggs have been shown to be vectored by over 40 species of mosquitoes and muscoid flies, as well as one species of tick (However, the source for this is...
- the known species level diversity of the Diptera, the true flies. Most muscoid flies are saprophagous, coprophagous or necrophagous as larvae, but some...
- Muscoid head:Frontal suture...
- 78 families, which are collectively referred to as muscoids, although technically the term "muscoid" should be limited to flies in the superfamily Muscoidea;...
- Schizophora in the insect order Diptera, commonly referred to as the calyptrate muscoids (or simply calyptrates). It consists of those flies which possess a calypter...
- Muscoid fly...
- fruit flies (Drosophila melanogaster), mealworm larvae (Tenebrio molitor), muscoid flies and early nymphs of ****roaches. Food s****s and lighting attract...
- 2023. Townsend, Charles Henry Tyler (1916). "New genera and species of muscoid flies" (PDF). Proceedings of the United States National Museum. 51 (2152):...