infold


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Synonyms for infold

to cover completely and closely, as with clothing or bandages

to surround and cover completely so as to obscure

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- Sternal setae short, not reaching to base of next setae in line; membranous infold absent between genital and ventrianal shield; genital shield wider than sternal and ventrianal shield...........................................................
- Genital shield equal in width as compared to ventrianal shield; membranous infold present between genital and ventrianal shield; ventrianal shield vase shaped; chelicera fixed digit with 3 apical teeth; setae Z4 less than S4 in length ...............
Dorsal shield with 2 concave areas; setae j3 and z2 long, reaching to the base of next setae in line; setae Z1 posterior in position with setae R1; membranous infold absent between genital and ventrianal shield; calyx elongate ..................obtectus Khan, Chaudhri and Khan
As Kraft struggles with the implications of all this, Powers infolds into the text classic stories of children trying to escape the adult world - Peter Pan, "The Pied Piper of Hamelin," the Children's Crusade - suggesting that for children, it is always apocalypse now.