ambulacral
- a word derived from ambulacrum.
Example Sentences
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Echinarachnius, seen from above, with the spines on part of the shell;a ambulacral zone, i interambulacral zone.
From Seaside Studies in Natural History Marine Animals of Massachusetts Bay. Radiates. by Agassiz, Alexander
The former might be placed with Diploporita, were it not for a greater intimacy of correlation between ambulacral and thecal structures than is found in Cystidea as here defined.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 10 "Echinoderma" to "Edward" by Various
The left-hand figure shows one of the "ambulacral areas" enlarged, exhibiting the perforated plates.
From The Ancient Life History of the Earth A Comprehensive Outline of the Principles and Leading Facts of Palæontological Science by Nicholson, Henry Alleyne
Young Idyia in which the ambulacral tubes begin to ramify; magnified, letters as before.
From Seaside Studies in Natural History Marine Animals of Massachusetts Bay. Radiates. by Agassiz, Alexander
Of or pertaining to ambulacra; avenuelike; as, the ambulacral ossicles, plates, spines, and suckers of echinoderms.
From Webster's Unabridged Dictionary by Webster, Noah
