fimbria

American  

[fim-bree-uh] / ˈfɪm bri ə /

noun

plural

fimbriae

1. Botany, Zoology. Often fimbriae. a fringe or fringed border.

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fimbria British  

/ ˈfɪmbrɪə /

noun

1. anatomy a fringe or fringelike margin or border, esp at the opening of the Fallopian tubes

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Other Word Forms

• fimbrial adjective

Etymology

Origin of fimbria

1745–55; < New Latin; Latin fimbriae (plural) border, fringe

Example Sentences

Terebratula affinis, Aymestry. — biplicata, White Chalk. — carnea, White Chalk. — digona, Bradford clay. — fimbria, Inferior Oolite. — hastata, Mountain Limestone. — sella, Neocomian.

From The Student's Elements of Geology by Lyell, Charles, Sir

Pallide lutea; thorace guttis nigris; alis sat angustis nigro guttatis, fimbria pallida nitente; alis anticis nigro transverse quadristrigatis.

From Journal of the Proceedings of the Linnean Society - Vol. 3 Zoology by Various

Glauco-cinerea, alis nitentibus, linea marginali nigra fimbria interlineata, anticis fusco quadrilineatis, posticis trilineatis.

From Journal of the Proceedings of the Linnean Society - Vol. 3 Zoology by Various

If its lips are separated the fascia dentata or gyrus dentatus and the fimbria continued from the posterior pillar of the fornix are seen.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Slice 4 "Bradford, William" to "Brequigny, Louis" by Various

He tried the same experiment, in the open air, with a swallow and T. fimbria; but the large size of this moth probably interfered with its capture.

From The Descent of Man by Darwin, Charles