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adj. [L. ad, near; ambulare, to walk](ECHINODERMATA: Asteroidea)Relates to structures situated along the ambulacral grooves in starfish.
Online Dictionary of Invertebrate Zoology. A.R. Maggenti and S.L. Gardne. 2005.
Online Dictionary of Invertebrate Zoology. A.R. Maggenti and S.L. Gardne. 2005.
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
adambulacral — adjective Next to the ambulacra; as, the adambulacral ossicles of the starfish … Wiktionary
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