Definition of ambulacrum in English:
ambulacrum
nounPlural ambulacraˌambjʊˈlakrəmˌambjʊˈleɪkrəmˌambyəˈlakrəm
Zoology (in an echinoderm) each of the radially arranged bands, together with their underlying structures, through which the double rows of tube feet protrude.
Example sentencesExamples
- Although there are ridges on the radial plates that underlie the most distal points of the ambulacra, they did not support recumbent ambulacra as shown by growth lines crossing these ridges.
- Four different groups of blastoids with moderately wide ambulacra evolved from groups with narrow ambulacra.
- Food particles were transported along the radial ducts, which penetrate through the marginals, to ambulacra on the underside of the disc, and eventually to the central mouth.
- It is contained by four rows of plates with the plates smaller along the dorsal side, probably indicating an ambulacrum.
- Furthermore, the placement of the ambulacra relative to the radials appears to be incorrect.
Derivatives
adjective
Zoology Paul follows Kesling in the ambulacral placement.
Example sentencesExamples
- In asteroids, the ambulacrals arch to form a deep ambulacral groove.
- The longest ambulacral column is parallel and adjacent to the ambulacral-adambulacral furrow.
- Its wide ambulacral grooves and open filtration fan made it adapted for motile particle capture in a wide variety of environments.
- The ambulacral grooves are narrow and the ambulacral ossicles are not exposed.
Origin
Early 19th century: Latin, 'avenue', from ambulare 'to walk'.