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radial canals

radial canals is the plural of radial canal.

Meaning of radial canal

Noun

radial canal (plural radial canals)

  1. any of the numerous minute canals lined with choanocytes which radiate from the paragastric cavity in some sponges and end just below the surface of the sponge
  2. any of the canals extending through the substance of the umbrella from the gastric cavity to the marginal circular canal in jellyfish
  3. a tube extending outward along each ambulacral area from the circumoral canal in most echinoderms

Questions about radial canals

What is radial canals the plural of?
Radial canals is the plural of radial canal.

Words near radial canals in the dictionary

  1. radial bearing
  2. radial bone
  3. radial bones
  4. radial button
  5. radial canal
  6. radial canals
  7. radial chromatography
  8. radial curve
  9. radial curves
  10. radial distribution function
  11. radial distribution functions

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