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Acetabulifera
n. pl. · 78% connection
The division of Cephalopoda in which the arms are furnished with cup-shaped suckers, as the cuttlefishes, squids, and octopus; the Dib…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: division, trematode, worms, suckers, called.
Ambulacral
adjective · 78% connection
Of or pertaining to ambulacra; avenuelike; as, the ambulacral ossicles, plates, spines, and suckers of echinoderms.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: division, trematode, worms, suckers, called.
Ambulacrum
noun · 78% connection
One of the radical zones of echinoderms, along which run the principal nerves, blood vessels, and water tubes. These zones usually bea…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: division, trematode, worms, suckers, called.
Annelida
n. pl. · 78% connection
A division of the Articulata, having the body formed of numerous rings or annular segments, and without jointed legs. The principal su…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: division, trematode, worms, suckers, called.
Apodes
n. pl. · 78% connection
A group of holothurians destitute of suckers. See Apneumona.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: division, trematode, worms, suckers, called.
Cercaria
noun · 78% connection
The larval form of a trematode worm having the shape of a tadpole, with its body terminated by a tail-like appendage.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: division, trematode, worms, suckers, called.
Cuttlefish
noun · 78% connection
A cephalopod of the genus Sepia, having an internal shell, large eyes, and ten arms furnished with denticulated suckers, by means of w…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: division, trematode, worms, suckers, called.
Cyclops
noun · 78% connection
minute free-swimming freshwater copepod having a large median eye and pear-shaped body and long antennae used in swimming; important i…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: division, trematode, worms, suckers, called.
Dibranchiata
n. pl. · 78% connection
An order of cephalopods which includes those with two gills, an apparatus for emitting an inky fluid, and either eight or ten cephalic…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: division, trematode, worms, suckers, called.
Dichotomy
noun · 78% connection
Division into two; especially, the division of a class into two subclasses opposed to each other by contradiction, as the division of…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: division, trematode, worms, suckers, called.
Distoma
noun · 78% connection
A genus of parasitic, trematode worms, having two suckers for attaching themselves to the part they infest. See 1st Fluke, 2.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: division, trematode, worms, suckers, called.
Fission
noun · 78% connection
A method of asexual reproduction among the lowest (unicellular) organisms by means of a process of self-division, consisting of gradua…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: division, trematode, worms, suckers, called.
Fluke
noun · 78% connection
A parasitic trematode worm of several species, having a flat, lanceolate body and two suckers. Two species (Fasciola hepatica and Dist…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: division, trematode, worms, suckers, called.
Gordiacea
n. pl. · 78% connection
A division of nematoid worms, including the hairworms or hair eels (Gordius and Mermis). See Gordius, and Illustration in Appendix.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: division, trematode, worms, suckers, called.
Haematozoon
noun · 78% connection
The trematode, Bilharzia haematobia, which infests the inhabitants of Egypt and other parts of Africa, often causing death.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: division, trematode, worms, suckers, called.
Helminthic
adjective · 78% connection
Of or relating to worms, or Helminthes; expelling worms.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: division, trematode, worms, suckers, called.
Helminthology
noun · 78% connection
The natural history, or study, of worms, esp. parasitic worms.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: division, trematode, worms, suckers, called.
Karyostenosis
noun · 78% connection
Direct cell division (in which there is first a simple division of the nucleus, without any changes in its structure, followed by divi…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: division, trematode, worms, suckers, called.
