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ambulacrum

[ am-byuh-lak-ruhm, -ley-kruhm ]

noun

plural ambulacra
  1. one of the radial areas in an echinoderm, as the sea urchin, bearing the tube feet by which the creature moves.


ambulacrum

/ ˌæʊˈɪə /

noun

  1. any of five radial bands on the ventral surface of echinoderms, such as the starfish and sea urchin, on which the tube feet are situated
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • ˌˈ, adjective
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Other yvlog Forms

  • b·۲ adjective
  • t·b·cܳ noun plural interambulacra
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yvlog History and Origins

Origin of ambulacrum1

1830–40; < New Latin, Latin: alley, walking place, equivalent to ܱ- (stem of ܱ to walk) + -crum noun suffix denoting means
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yvlog History and Origins

Origin of ambulacrum1

C19: from Latin: avenue, from ܱ to walk
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Example Sentences

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Of or pertaining to ambulacra; avenuelike; as, the ambulacral ossicles, plates, spines, and suckers of echinoderms.

From

In the Synaptæ, as in all the Holothurians, the madreporic body is placed near the mouth, between two of the ambulacra, and opposite the fifth or odd one.

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Spencer to have had in its ambulacra an inner as well as an outer series of plates.

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For this reason these narrower zones are called the ambulacra, while the broader zones intervening between them and supporting the spines are called the interambulacra.

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Next to the ambulacra; as, the adambulacral ossicles of the starfish.

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