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
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 Ernst Heinrich Philipp August Haeckel
When they are arranged in uniserial or biserial rows the genital ducts open into or near the branchial grooves in the region of the pharynx and in a corresponding position in the post-branchial region.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 2 "Baconthorpe" to "Bankruptcy" by Various
The transcendentalists, of course, conceived evolution, whether real or ideal, as a uniserial process, whereas Haeckel conceived it as multiserial and divergent.
From Form and Function A Contribution to the History of Animal Morphology by E. S. (Edward Stuart) Russell
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