HETEROCERCAL

Meaning of HETEROCERCAL in English

adj having the vertebral column evidently continued into the upper lobe of the tail, which is usually longer than the lower one, as in sharks.

Webster English vocab. Английский словарь Webster. 2012

HETEROCERCAL — adjective Date: 1838 having the upper lobe larger than the lower with the vertebral column extending into the upper lobe, …
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HETEROCERCAL — | ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷|sərkəl adjective Etymology: heter- + -cercal 1. : having the upper lobe larger than the lower with the end of …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
HETEROCERCAL — (a.) Having the vertebral column evidently continued into the upper lobe of the tail, which is usually longer than the …
Английский словарь Webster
HETEROCERCAL — ( a. ) Having the vertebral column evidently continued into the upper lobe of the tail, which is usually longer …
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
HETEROCERCAL — — heterocercality /het'euhr oh seuhr kal"i tee/ , n. /het'euhr euh serr"keuhl/ , adj. Ichthyol. having an unequally divided tail, …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
HETEROCERCAL — adjective Date: 1838 1. of a fish tail fin : having the upper lobe larger than the lower with the …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
HETEROCERCAL — [het.ero.cer.cal] adj (1838) 1 of a fish tail fin: having the upper lobe larger than the lower with the vertebral …
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HETEROCERCAL — зоол. гетероцеркальный (зоология) гетероцеркальный
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
HETEROCERCAL — n зоол. гетероцеркальный
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
HETEROCERCAL — (a) гетероцеркальный
English-Russian Lingvistica'98 dictionary
HETEROCERCAL — n зоол. гетероцеркальный
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь - Апресян, Медникова
HETEROCERCAL — n зоол. гетероцеркальный
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HETEROCERCAL — гетероцеркальный
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HETEROCERCAL — гетероцеркальный
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HETEROCERCAL — зоол. гетероцеркальный (зоология) гетероцеркальный
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HETEROCERCAL — Pronunciation: - ' s ə r-k ə l Function: adjective Date: 1838 1 of a fish tail fin : having …
Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary
HETEROCERCALITY — noun see heterocercal
Webster's New International English Dictionary
SHARK — I. ˈshärk, ˈshȧk noun ( -s ) Etymology: origin unknown 1. a. : any of numerous elasmobranch fishes that conform …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
HETEROCERC — I. ˈhed.ərōˌsərk noun ( -s ) Etymology: heter- + -cerc (from Greek kerkos tail) : a heterocercal fish II. adjective …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
STURGEON — ˈstərjən, ˈstə̄j-, ˈstəij- noun ( -s ) Etymology: Middle English, from Old French estourjon, esturgon, of Germanic origin; akin to …
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PALAEONISCIDAE — ˌ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ˈnisəˌdē noun plural Usage: capitalized Etymology: New Latin, from Palaeoniscum, type genus + -idae : a family of extinct primitive …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
PADDLEFISH — ˈ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷ noun : either of two freshwater relict fishes that are the only surviving members of the family Polyodontidae: a. …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
DIPTERUS — noun Usage: capitalized Etymology: New Latin, from Greek dipteros having two wings : a genus of Devonian dipnoan fishes of …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
ARCHISTIA — ärˈkistēə noun plural Usage: capitalized Etymology: New Latin, from archi- + -istia (as in Cladistia ) : an order of …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
ANASPIDA — -pədə noun plural Usage: capitalized Etymology: New Latin, from an- + -aspida (from Greek aspid-, aspis shield) : a class …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
HOMOCERCAL — (a.) Having the tail nearly or quite symmetrical, the vertebral column terminating near its base; -- opposed to heterocercal.
Английский словарь Webster
HETEROCERCY — (n.) Unequal development of the tail lobes of fishes; the possession of a heterocercal tail.
Английский словарь Webster
GINGLYMODI — (n.) An order of ganoid fishes, including the modern gar pikes and many allied fossil forms. They have rhombic, ganoid …
Английский словарь Webster
HOMOCERCAL — ( a. ) Having the tail nearly or quite symmetrical, the vertebral column terminating near its base; -- opposed to …
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
HETEROCERCY — ( n. ) Unequal development of the tail lobes of fishes; the possession of a heterocercal tail.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
GINGLYMODI — ( n. ) An order of ganoid fishes, including the modern gar pikes and many allied fossil forms. They have …
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
HOLOSTEAN — any member of the subclass, or infraclass, Holostei, a group of archaic, bony fishes represented by the bowfin and the …
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