radial shield
Zoology
noun
(In ophiuroids) each of the large paired plates on the aboral side of the body near the base of each arm.
Origin
Late 19th century.
- mother nation
- Mother Nature
- mother of all ——
- mother of cloves
- Mother of God
- mother of millions
- Mother of Parliaments
- mother-of-pearl
- mother-of-pearl cloud
- mother-of-pearl moth
- mother-of-pearl work
- Mother of Presidents
- Mother of States
- mother of thousands
- mother of thyme
- mother of time
- mother of vinegar
- mother pearl
- mother plane
- mother plant
- mother queen
- mother-right
- mother root
- mothers and fathers
- mother's boy