typhlosolen.
/ˈtɪfləʊsəʊl/ Zoology.
A ridge or fold extending along the inner wall of the intestine and partly dividing the cavity of it, in various animals, as lampreys and certain ascidians, molluscs, and worms.
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typhlosole1859
1859 Todd's Cycl. Anat. & Physiol. V. 297/2 In the Earth-worm, there is a singular apparatus, the typhlosole.
1877 T. H. Huxley Man. Anat. Invertebrated Animals x. 604 In many Ascidians, a strong fold of the endoderm of the intestine projects into its interior, as in Lamellibranchs and in the Earthworm, where such a fold constitutes the so-called typhlosole.
1881 C. Darwin Form. Veg. Mould 19 The intestine [of the earth-worm] presents a remarkable structure, the typhlosolis.
1888 G. Rolleston & W. H. Jackson Forms Animal Life (ed. 2) 435 The mid-gut..in the Lampreys contains a projecting fold or typhlosole.
Derivatives
typhloˈsolar adj. pertaining to or of the nature of a typhlosole.
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typhlosolar1887
1887 Benham in Q. Jrnl. Microsc. Sci. Mar. 566 The dorsal trunk divides into two. A subneural vessel is present and a typhlosolar vessel.
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