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trochal

[troh-kuh l]
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adjective Zoology.
  1. resembling a wheel.
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Origin of trochal

1835–45; < Greek troch(ós) wheel + -al1
Related formspre·tro·chal, adjective
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Historical Examples

  • On the sides of the ventral depression are two ridges which form the lateral boundaries of the trochal disc.

    The Works of Francis Maitland Balfour, Volume II (of 4)

    Francis Maitland Balfour

  • At a later period the lateral ridges of the trochal disc meet dorsally and so enclose the proral lobe.

British Dictionary definitions for trochal

trochal

adjective
  1. zoology shaped like a wheelthe trochal disc of a rotifer
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Word Origin

C19: from Greek trokhos wheel
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