tectum
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Origin of tectum
1900–05; < New Latin, Latin tēctum roof, special use of neuter of tēctus, past participle of tegere to cover; cf. protect
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The tectum and tegmentum of the midbrain are the roof and floor of the cerebral aqueduct, respectively.
From Textbooks ● Jun. 19, 2013
It is separated into the tectum and tegmentum, from the Latin words for roof and floor, respectively.
From Textbooks ● Jun. 19, 2013
Presumably this section of the roof is an ossification of the synotic tectum.
From A New Order of Fishlike Amphibia From the Pennsylvanian of Kansas by Eaton, Theodore H. (Theodore Hildreth)
The playground was at the back of the house, with a grand old tulip tree in the centre, a tectum for rainy weather on one side, and the large school room on the other.
From The Three Midshipmen by Prout, Victor
The external surface is rounded, except near the umbo, where the edge is carinated; growth almost equally upwards and downwards; the parietes and tectum are not separated by ridges.
From A Monograph on the Sub-class Cirripedia With Figures of all the Species. by Darwin, Charles
There are three species of these sunfish—Mola mola, Mola tecta and Mola alexandrini—which can be difficult to tell apart without genetic analysis.
From Scientific American ● Oct. 20, 2022
Molca tecta sunfish are found in the Southern Hemisphere.
From Fox News ● Mar. 1, 2019
A 7-foot hoodwinker sunfish, scientifically known as the Mola tecta, was found on Sands Beach at UC Santa Barbara’s Coal Oil Point Reserve on Feb. 20, according to the university's news release on the find.
From Fox News ● Mar. 1, 2019
Three versions of the distich are before me; that cited by Dr. Pusey, and the two which follow:— "Alta ruit Babylon; destruxit tecta Lutherus, Muros Calvinus, sed fundamenta Socinus."
From Notes and Queries, Number 59, December 14, 1850 by Various
I know now the inner meaning of "Domine, non sum dignus ut intres sub tecta mea."
From The Forgotten Threshold by O'Brien, Edward J. (Edward Joseph Harrington)
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