radiate+animal
11abactinally — adverb (As seen or measured) from the end opposite the mouth in a radiate animal (to the other end) …
12abactinal — adjective Pertaining to the surface or end opposite to the mouth in a radiate animal; opposed to actinal. The aboral or abactinal area …
13polypus — n. [L. pl. Polypi.] (Zool.) Polype, polyp, radiate animal …
14ray — I. /reɪ / (say ray) noun 1. a narrow beam of light. 2. a gleam, or slight manifestation, of intelligence, comfort, etc.: a ray of hope. 3. a ray like line or stretch of something. 4. Poetic light or radiance. 5. a line of sight. 6. Physics a. any …
15actinal — [ak′ti nəl, ak tī′nəl] adj. [ ACTIN(O) + AL] of the oral region of a radiate animal, from which the rays or tentacles grow …
16actinology — ˌaktəˈnäləjē noun ( es) Etymology: International Scientific Vocabulary actin + logy 1. : a science that deals with actinism and photochemical effects 2. : correspondence of similar parts of a radiate animal (as of the different actinomeres) :… …
17ac´ti|nal|ly — ac|ti|nal «AK tuh nuhl, ak TY », adjective. 1. having to do with the side of a radiate animal that contains the mouth; oral. 2. having tentacles or rays. ╂[< Greek akt , înos ray + English al1] –ac´ti|nal|ly, adverb …
18ac|ti|nal — «AK tuh nuhl, ak TY », adjective. 1. having to do with the side of a radiate animal that contains the mouth; oral. 2. having tentacles or rays. ╂[< Greek akt , înos ray + English al1] –ac´ti|nal|ly, adverb …
19echinoderm — /i kuy neuh derrm , ek euh neuh /, n. any marine animal of the invertebrate phylum Echinodermata, having a radiating arrangement of parts and a body wall stiffened by calcareous pieces that may protrude as spines and including the starfishes, sea …
20angiosperm — /an jee euh sperrm /, n. Bot. a plant having its seeds enclosed in an ovary; a flowering plant. Cf. gymnosperm. [ANGIO + SPERM] * * * ▪ plant Introduction any member of the more than 300,000 species of flowering plants (division Anthophyta) …
