paraderm

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• paraderm — see pronymphal membrane …   Dictionary of invertebrate zoology

• pronymphal membrane — Embryonic cuticle covering the pronymphs with simple (hemimetabolus) or sometimes complete (holometabolus) metamorphosis, which are shed by a process similar to molting before or shortly after hatching; embryonic cuticle; paraderm …   Dictionary of invertebrate zoology