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obsolete name
This is a name that is no longer used (or widely accepted) in systematics/nomenclature. Obsolete family names are the most problematic.
Links: http://en.wikiped...in_Diptera.
occiput
Posterior surface of the head (back of the head). Synonym: postcranium.
ocellar bristles
A pair of bristles that usually arise from the ocellar triangle near the anterior ocellus but that are sometimes displaced, usually outside the ocellar triangle near the anterior ocellus.

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ocellar setae
ocellar bristles (synonym)
odiniid fly
Vernacular name for the family Odiniidae.
Links: http://en.wikiped.../Odiniidae
ovoviviparous
ovovivipary (synonym)
ovovivipary
Ovovivipary is a phenomenon where eggs not only develop in the female body, but also hatch there, and that the larvae are 'born' only when the conditions are favourable.
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