trochal

American

[troh-kuhl] / ˈtroʊ kəl /

adjective

Zoology.

resembling a wheel.

trochal British

/ ˈtrəʊkəl /

adjective

zoology shaped like a wheel

the trochal disc of a rotifer

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Other Word Forms

pretrochal

adjective

Etymology

Origin of trochal

1835–45; < Greek troch ( ós ) wheel + -al ¹

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