Definition of Fontanellar. Meaning of Fontanellar. Synonyms of Fontanellar

- The fontanellar gun is a termite defense mechanism in the form of a horn-like frontal projection (nasus) on the head of the soldier caste which is capable...
- predatory insects through the use of a specialized mechanism called a fontanellar gun, which ejects a resinous mixture of terpenes. The one terpene that...
- derived soldier caste which exhibits vestigial mandibles and a protruding fontanellar process on the head from which they can "shoot" chemical weaponry. True...
- nasuta, Elosia nasus, Enydrobius nasus, Elosia nasus nasus) Nasus or fontanellar gun, the hornlike frontal projection of some termites Nasus, the Curator...
- mandibles and a pronounced frontal tube superficially analogous to the fontanellar guns of true nasute termites. Most species forage above the surface in...
- causing severe pain. Termite soldiers in the Nasutitermitinae have a fontanellar gun, a gland on the front of their head which can secrete and shoot an...
- projection on the head which is adapted for chemical defense, similar to the fontanellar gun of true nasute termites. However unlike true nasutes, the mandibles...
- project a sticky fluid from a nozzle on their heads. They can use this fontanellar gun accurately, over a range of many centimeters, even though the termite...
- capable of shooting a noxious terpene based chemical repellant from their fontanellar gun that solidifies when exposed to air. Constrictotermes cavifrons Constrictotermes...
- sticky chemical concoction that serves to entangle enemies, called a fontanellar gun, and it is usually coupled with specialized mandibles. In nasute...