gracilis

[ gras-uh-lis ]

noun,plural grac·i·les

[gras-uh-leez]. /ˈgræs əˌliz/. Anatomy.

a muscle in the inner side of the thigh, the action of which assists in drawing the legs inward and in bending the knee.

Origin of gracilis

1605–15; <New Latin; Latin: gracile

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Like other red algae, Gracilaria gracilis doesn’t have free-swimming male sex cells.
Like bees of the sea, crustaceans ‘pollinate’ seaweed | Jake Buehler | July 28, 2022 | Science News
The Middle beds, composed of white chalk with flints, the zone of Terebratulina gracilis, is exposed at Beer.
Devonshire | Francis A. Knight
Among those with short fasci are major, gracilis, and nymanniana; those with long fasci are pectinalis, solierolii and veneris.
The Diatomaceae of Philadelphia and Vicinity | Charles Sumner Boyer
Ea est arundineti senectus, cum ita densatum est, ut gracilis et cann similis arundo prodeat.
Dderlein's Hand-book of Latin Synonymes | Ludwig Dderlein
One afternoon, after we had been reading the Quis multa gracilis te puer in rosa, my teacher desired to visit his relative.
Saragossa | Benito Prez Galds

For one thing the geographic ranges of gracilis, leucoparia, arizonae and ambigua coincide over a considerable part of Arizona.
Comments on the Taxonomy and Geographic Distribution of Some North American Marsupials, Insectivores and Carnivores | E. Raymond Hall

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