uniserial
Britishadjective
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Its text is peppered with scientific language – sebaceous gland, papilla, uniserial, vacuolated, cortex, cuticle.
From The Guardian • Jun. 23, 2015
Differentiation within the vertebrate phylum is therefore not uniserial, but takes place in several directions.
From Form and Function A Contribution to the History of Animal Morphology by E. S. (Edward Stuart) Russell
Finally, in the latest family, the Monograptidae, the branches are theoretically reduced to one, the polypary is uniserial throughout, and all the thecae are directed outwards and upwards.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 3 "Gordon, Lord George" to "Grasses" by Various
In their disposition they are either uniserial, biserial or multiserial.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 2 "Baconthorpe" to "Bankruptcy" by Various
Gegenbaur has shown how the five-toed leg of the Amphibia, that has been inherited by the three classes of Amniotes, was evolved from the uniserial fish-fin.*
From The Evolution of Man — Volume 2 by Haeckel, Ernst Heinrich Philipp August
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