HOMOCERCAL

Meaning of HOMOCERCAL in English

[ho.mo.cer.cal] adj (1838) 1 of a fish tail fin: having the upper and lower lobes approximately symmetrical and the vertebral column ending at or near the middle of the base

2: having or relating to a homocercal tail fin

Merriam-Webster English vocab. Английский словарь Merriam Webster. 2012

HOMOCERCAL — adjective Date: 1838 having the upper and lower lobes approximately symmetrical and the vertebral column ending at or near the …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
HOMOCERCAL — pronunc at homo- + adjective Etymology: hom- + -cercal 1. : having the upper and lower lobes approximately symmetrical and …
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
HOMOCERCAL — ( a. ) Having the tail nearly or quite symmetrical, the vertebral column terminating near its base; -- opposed to …
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
HOMOCERCAL — — homocercy /hoh"meuh serr'see, hom"euh-/ , homocercality /hoh'meuh seuhr kal"i tee, hom'euh-/ , n. /hoh'meuh serr"keuhl, hom'euh-/ , adj. Ichthyol. …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
HOMOCERCAL — adjective Date: 1838 1. of a fish tail fin : having the upper and lower lobes approximately symmetrical and the …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
HOMOCERCAL — adj having the tail nearly or quite symmetrical, the vertebral column terminating near its base; opposed to heterocercal.
Webster English vocab
HOMOCERCAL — [ ˌhɒmə(ʊ)'sə:k(ə)l , ˌhəʊm- ] ■ adjective Zoology (of a fish's tail) symmetrical in appearance but with the vertebral column …
Concise Oxford English vocab
HOMOCERCAL — гомоцеркальный
Новый Англо-Русский словарь по биологии
HOMOCERCAL — гомоцеркальный
Новый Англо-Русский биологический словарь
HOMOCERCAL — Pronunciation: ˌ h ō -m ə - ' s ə r-k ə l, ˌ hä- Function: adjective Date: 1838 1 …
Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary
PYCNODONTIDAE — -äntəˌdē noun plural Usage: capitalized Etymology: New Latin, from Pycnodont-, Pycnodus, type genus (from pycn- + -odont-, -odus ) + …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
LEPTOLEPIS — lepˈtäləpə̇s noun Usage: capitalized Etymology: New Latin, from lept- + -lepis : a genus (the type of the family Leptolepidae) …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
HOMOCERCY — (n.) The possession of a homocercal tail.
Английский словарь Webster
HOMOCERCY — ( n. ) The possession of a homocercal tail.
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
DIPHYCERCAL — /dif'euh serr"keuhl/ , adj. Ichthyol. having a tail or caudal fin with the spinal column extending horizontally to the end …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
HOMOCERCY — noun the possession of a homocercal tail.
Webster English vocab
-CERCAL — [-cercal] adj comb form [F -cerque, fr. Gk kerkos tail]: -tailed "homocercal"
Merriam-Webster English vocab
TELEOST — any member of the infraclass Teleostei, a large and extremely diverse group of ray-finned fishes. Along with the chondrosteans and …
Britannica English vocabulary
ГОМОЦЕРКАЛЬНЫЙ — 1) homocercal 2) isocercal
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