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basal disk
noun
- the flattened basal surface by which coelenterate polyps attach to the substrate.
Example Sentences
The basal disk is then detached and the column is twisted round until the basal disk again comes in contact with the surface at a point some distance in advance of its previous point of attachment.
The column is dragged forward, still lying almost prone, the basal disk is bent downwards and again attached, and the whole movement is repeated.
In doing so it bends its column down to the object along which it is about to move in such a way that it lies almost parallel to the surface, the basal disk, however, being still attached.
The basal disk is then turned round and fixed to the new support.
The basal disk is even narrower and is not splayed out round the edges.
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