- anticlinal vertebra
- noun
: one of the dorsal vertebrae in many animals that has an upright spine toward which the spines of the neighboring vertebrae are inclined
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anticlinal vertebra
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Anticlinal vertebra — Anticlinal An ti*cli nal ([a^]n t[i^]*kl[imac] nal), a. [Pref. anti + Gr. kli nein to incline.] 1. Inclining or dipping in opposite directions. See {Synclinal}. [1913 Webster] 2. (Bot.) occurring at right angles to the surface of a plant organ.… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Anticlinal — An ti*cli nal ([a^]n t[i^]*kl[imac] nal), a. [Pref. anti + Gr. kli nein to incline.] 1. Inclining or dipping in opposite directions. See {Synclinal}. [1913 Webster] 2. (Bot.) occurring at right angles to the surface of a plant organ. [PJC]… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Anticlinal axis — Anticlinal An ti*cli nal ([a^]n t[i^]*kl[imac] nal), a. [Pref. anti + Gr. kli nein to incline.] 1. Inclining or dipping in opposite directions. See {Synclinal}. [1913 Webster] 2. (Bot.) occurring at right angles to the surface of a plant organ.… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Anticlinal line — Anticlinal An ti*cli nal ([a^]n t[i^]*kl[imac] nal), a. [Pref. anti + Gr. kli nein to incline.] 1. Inclining or dipping in opposite directions. See {Synclinal}. [1913 Webster] 2. (Bot.) occurring at right angles to the surface of a plant organ.… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Anticlinal axis — Axis Ax is, n.; pl. {Axes}. [L. axis axis, axle. See {Axle}.] A straight line, real or imaginary, passing through a body, on which it revolves, or may be supposed to revolve; a line passing through a body or system around which the parts are… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
vertebra dentata — Axis Ax is, n.; pl. {Axes}. [L. axis axis, axle. See {Axle}.] A straight line, real or imaginary, passing through a body, on which it revolves, or may be supposed to revolve; a line passing through a body or system around which the parts are… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
primate — primatal, adj., n. primatial /pruy may sheuhl/, primatical /pruy mat i keuhl/, adj. /pruy mayt/ or, esp. for 1, /pruy mit/, n. 1. Eccles. an archbishop or bishop ranking first among the bishops of a province or country. 2. any of various… … Universalium
skeleton — skeletonless, adj. skeletonlike, adj. /skel i tn/, n. 1. Anat., Zool. the bones of a human or an animal considered as a whole, together forming the framework of the body. 2. any of various structures forming a rigid framework in an invertebrate.… … Universalium
Axes — Axis Ax is, n.; pl. {Axes}. [L. axis axis, axle. See {Axle}.] A straight line, real or imaginary, passing through a body, on which it revolves, or may be supposed to revolve; a line passing through a body or system around which the parts are… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Axes of coordinates in a plane — Axis Ax is, n.; pl. {Axes}. [L. axis axis, axle. See {Axle}.] A straight line, real or imaginary, passing through a body, on which it revolves, or may be supposed to revolve; a line passing through a body or system around which the parts are… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
