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basal disk

noun

Anatomy.
  1. the flattened basal surface by which coelenterate polyps attach to the substrate.


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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.

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The column is dragged forward, still lying almost prone, the basal disk is bent downwards and again attached, and the whole movement is repeated.

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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.

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The basal disk is then turned round and fixed to the new support.

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The basal disk is even narrower and is not splayed out round the edges.

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