adambulacral
1 of 2adjective
ad·am·bu·la·cral
¦a-ˌdam-byə-¦lā-krəl,
-ˈla-
: adjacent to the ambulacra
adambulacral
2 of 2noun
ad·am·bu·la·cral
¦a-ˌdam-byə-¦lā-krəl,
-ˈla-
plural -s
: any of a series of ossicles lying along the ambulacral grooves of starfishes
Word History
Etymology
Adjective
ad- + New Latin ambulacrum + English -al
First Known Use
Adjective
1854, in the meaning defined above
Noun
1857, in the meaning defined above
- sporangia
- sporangial
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- sporangiform
- sporangio-
- sporangiogenic
- sporangioid
- sporangiola
- sporangiole
- sporangioles
- sporangiolum
- sporangiophore
- sporangiophores
- sporangiospores
- sporangite
- Sporangites
- sporangium
- spore
- spore ball
- spore case
- spore fruit
- spore mother cell
- spore print
- spore sac
- sporebearer