HETEROCERCAL

Meaning of HETEROCERCAL in English

— heterocercality /het'euhr oh seuhr kal"i tee/ , n.

/het'euhr euh serr"keuhl/ , adj. Ichthyol.

having an unequally divided tail, characteristic of sharks, rays, and skates. Cf. diphycercal, homocercal .

[ 1830-40; HETERO- + Gk kérk ( os ) a tail + -AL 1 ]

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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 — 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 — adj having the vertebral column evidently continued into the upper lobe of the tail, which is usually longer than the …
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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
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HETEROCERCAL — n зоол. гетероцеркальный
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HETEROCERCAL — (a) гетероцеркальный
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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 …
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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 …
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HETEROCERC — I. ˈhed.ərōˌsərk noun ( -s ) Etymology: heter- + -cerc (from Greek kerkos tail) : a heterocercal fish II. adjective …
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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 …
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PADDLEFISH — ˈ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷ noun : either of two freshwater relict fishes that are the only surviving members of the family Polyodontidae: a. …
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DIPTERUS — noun Usage: capitalized Etymology: New Latin, from Greek dipteros having two wings : a genus of Devonian dipnoan fishes of …
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ARCHISTIA — ärˈkistēə noun plural Usage: capitalized Etymology: New Latin, from archi- + -istia (as in Cladistia ) : an order of …
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ANASPIDA — -pədə noun plural Usage: capitalized Etymology: New Latin, from an- + -aspida (from Greek aspid-, aspis shield) : a class …
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HOMOCERCAL — (a.) Having the tail nearly or quite symmetrical, the vertebral column terminating near its base; -- opposed to heterocercal.
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HETEROCERCY — (n.) Unequal development of the tail lobes of fishes; the possession of a heterocercal tail.
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GINGLYMODI — (n.) An order of ganoid fishes, including the modern gar pikes and many allied fossil forms. They have rhombic, ganoid …
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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 …
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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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