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incudate

incudate adjective: of, pertaining to or having an incus (bone of the middle ear).

Adjective

incudate (not comparable)

  1. Of, pertaining to or having an incus (bone of the middle ear).
    Synonyms:
    incudal
  2. That functions by prehension; used as a classification.
    • incudate trophi
    • The incudate trophi of Asplanchna are massive forceps quite free from an inclosing mastax, and capable in consequence of even plunging down into the oesophagus; but the forcipate trophi of Sacculus are feeble hooks and blades, inclosed in a grape-shaped mastax, and admitting of only a slight...1889, Charles Thomas Hudson, Philip Henry Gosse, The Rotifera: Or, Wheel-animalcules, Volume 1, page 120

incudate meaning in Tamil

incudate in Tamil

பட்டடையெலும்பு சார்ந்த, பட்டடையெலும்பினையுடைய

Examples of incudate in a sentence

  • Forcipate and incudate trophi function in grasping.1979, Richard S. Stemberger, A Guide to Rotifers of the Laurentian Great Lakes, Volume 1, US Environmental Protection Agency, page 10:
  • Asplanchna priodonta (Asplanchnidae) is a planktonic predator with incudate trophi, showing a wide trophic spectrum, feeding on rotifers, protists, and various unicellular algae (Jose de Paggi, 2002).2005, Diego Fontaneto, Giulio Melone, “Do rotifer jaws grow after hatching?”, in Alois Herzig, Ramesh D. Gulati, Christian D. Jersabek...
  • In Asplanchnidae, rami are large and hooked and constitute incudate mastax, but reduced rami may be present.2018, Fstik Baran Mandal, Biology of Non-Chordates, 2nd edition, PHI Learning, page 198:

Synonyms of incudate

Questions about incudate

What does incudate mean?
Incudate means of, pertaining to or having an incus (bone of the middle ear).
What is incudate in Tamil?
Incudate in Tamil is பட்டடையெலும்பு சார்ந்த, பட்டடையெலும்பினையுடைய. See Incudate meaning in Tamil.
How do you use incudate in a sentence?
Forcipate and incudate trophi function in grasping.
What part of speech is incudate?
Incudate is an adjective.

Words near incudate in the dictionary

  1. incubous
  2. incubously
  3. incubus
  4. incubuses
  5. incudal
  6. incudate
  7. incudectomy
  8. incudes
  9. incudo-
  10. incudomalleal
  11. incudomalleolar

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