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Profile view of larva; b madreporic opening, w' earlet, a d digestive system, m mouth, v v' vibratile chord.
From Seaside Studies in Natural History Marine Animals of Massachusetts Bay. Radiates. by Agassiz, Alexander
The spermatozoa of most animals are of linear form, each with a head, a middle-piece and a long vibratile tail which is used for locomotion.
From Being Well-Born An Introduction to Eugenics by Guyer, Michael F.
She is vibratile and resonant all over, so she stirs with slighter musical tremblings of the air about her.—
From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 02, No. 08, June 1858 by Various
The membrane is longitudinally striped and covered with long and vibratile cilia.
From Marine Protozoa from Woods Hole Bulletin of the United States Fish Commission 21:415-468, 1901 by Calkins, Gary N. (Gary Nathan)
Rather more highly organized relatives of the amœba, the flagellata, have produced a membrane, and swim by means of vibratile, whiplash-like flagella.
From The Whence and the Whither of Man A Brief History of His Origin and Development through Conformity to Environment; Being the Morse Lectures of 1895 by Tyler, John Mason
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