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The third is an extremely small and simple tooth with a subcircular tuberculated crown and single root.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 4 "Carnegie Andrew" to "Casus Belli" by Various
In Dacetum, one of the Scolopendridae, there is no pocket-like infolding, the small tracheal tubes opening direct to the exterior on a large subcircular plate where their apertures fuse to form a complicated network.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 6 "Celtes, Konrad" to "Ceramics" by Various
Caudal disc subcircular, with large scattered tubercles; snout subacute, slightly produced.
From Sketches of the Natural History of Ceylon by Tennent, James Emerson, Sir
It is surrounded by a strong chitinous rim, which is usually square or subquadrate but not infrequently circular or subcircular.
From Freshwater Sponges, Hydroids & Polyzoa by Annandale, Nelson
Cells oval, not very regularly arranged, in a continuous, foliaceous, subcircular frond; reticulated with oval spaces, not as wide as the interspaces.
