- Adambulacral
- Adambulacral Ad`am*bu*la"cral, a. [L. ad + E. ambulacral.] (Zo["o]l.) Next to the ambulacra; as, the adambulacral ossicles of the starfish. [1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English. 2000.
Adambulacral
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adambulacral — adjective Next to the ambulacra; as, the adambulacral ossicles of the starfish … Wiktionary
adambulacral — adj. [L. ad, near; ambulare, to walk] (ECHINODERMATA: Asteroidea) Relates to structures situated along the ambulacral grooves in starfish … Dictionary of invertebrate zoology
adambulacral — ad·am·bu·la·cral … English syllables
adambulacral — I. |aˌdambyə|lākrəl, lak adjective Etymology: ad + New Latin ambulacrum + English al : adjacent to the ambulacra II. noun ( s) : any of a series of ossicles lying along the ambulacral grooves of starfishes … Useful english dictionary
Stelleroidea — Taxobox name = Stelleroidea image width = 250px image caption = Ochre Sea Star on beach at Olympic National Park regnum = Animalia phylum = Echinoderm superclassis = Stelleroidea subdivision ranks = Classes subdivision = Asteroidea Ophiuroidea… … Wikipedia
furrow spines — (ECHINODERMATA: Asteroidea) Spines on the adambulacral plates that protect the ambulacral furrow … Dictionary of invertebrate zoology
