- acetabuliferous
- adjective /ˌæsɪtæbjuːˈlɪfərʊs/Furnished with fleshy cups for adhering to bodies, as cuttlefish, etc.
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Acetabuliferous — Ac e*tab u*lif er*ous, a. [L. acetablum a little cup + ferous.] Furnished with fleshy cups for adhering to bodies, as cuttlefish, etc. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
acetabuliferous — ac·e·tab·u·lif·er·ous … English syllables
acetabuliferous — |asəˌtabyə|lif(ə)rəs adjective Etymology: New Latin acetabulum + English i + ferous : acetabulate … Useful english dictionary
Acetabulifera — Ac e*tab u*lif e*ra, n. pl. [NL. See {Acetabuliferous}.] (Zo[ o]l.) The division of Cephalopoda in which the arms are furnished with cup shaped suckers, as the cuttlefishes, squids, and octopus; the Dibranchiata. See {Cephalopoda}. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Robert Ball (naturalist) — Robert Ball (1802 1857) was an Irish naturalist. The Ball family lived in Youghal, County Cork. Robert had a brother Bent and two sisters Anne, a well known phytologist and Mary an entomologist . The family was Protestant and involved in trade.… … Wikipedia
