urostyle
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urostyle — [yʀostil] n. m. ÉTYM. Mil. XXe; de 2. uro , et style. ❖ ♦ Didact. (anat., zool.). Os long résultant de la fusion des vertèbres caudales, chez les Anoures. 0 Les vertèbres caudales (…) sont fusionnées en un élément unique, l Urostyle, complètement … Encyclopédie Universelle
Urostyle — U ro*style, n. [2d uro + Gr. ? a pillar.] (Anat.) A styliform process forming the posterior extremity of the vertebral column in some fishes and amphibians. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
urostyle — noun Etymology: International Scientific Vocabulary 2ur + Greek stylos pillar more at steer Date: 1875 a long unsegmented bone that represents a number of fused vertebrae and forms the posterior part of the vertebral column of frogs and toads … New Collegiate Dictionary
urostyle — 1) the small upturned posterior tip of the vertebral column, generally formed of a slender, pointed rod of cartilage, or fused vertebrae and associated elements (in homocercal caudal fins of Teleostomi) 2) the fan like series of bones… … Dictionary of ichthyology
urostyle — /yoor euh stuyl /, n. Anat. the fused vertebrae at the posterior end of the spinal column of some fishes and tailless amphibians. [1870 75; URO 2 + STYLE2] * * * … Universalium
urostyle — uro·style … English syllables
urostyle — u•ro•style [[t]ˈyʊər əˌstaɪl[/t]] n. anat. the fused vertebrae at the posterior end of the spinal column of tailless amphibians • Etymology: 1870–75 … From formal English to slang
urostyle — /ˈjurəstaɪl/ (say yoohruhstuyl) noun a bone formed by the fusion of all or part of the caudal vertebrae in some fish and such amphibians as frogs and toads. {uro 2 + style (def. 17) …
urostyle — ˈ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ˌstīl noun ( s) Etymology: International Scientific Vocabulary ur (II) + style 1. : a long rodlike unsegmented bone representing a number of fused vertebrae that forms the posterior part of the vertebral column of frogs and toads 2 … Useful english dictionary
Triadobatrachus — Triadobatrachus … Wikipédia en Français
