Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun singular Same as
tunica adnata (which see, undertunica ). - noun plural In zoology, tegumentary appendages, as hair or feathers, or other covering or growth superficially attached to an animal.
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Examples
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Coronae foliola e basi dilatata adnata linearia, indivisa.
Expedition into Central Australia Charles Sturt 1832
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_Ophthalmia lymphatica_ is a kind of anasarca of the tunica adnata; in this the vessels over the sclerotica, or white part of the eye, rise considerably above the cornea, which they surround, are less red than in the ophthalmia superficialis, and appear to be swelled by an accumulation of lymph rather than of blood; it is probably owing to the temporary obstruction of a branch of the lymphatic system.
Zoonomia, Vol. II Or, the Laws of Organic Life Erasmus Darwin 1766
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New vessels from the inflamed tunica adnata frequently spread like a fly's wing upon the transparent cornea, which is then called
Zoonomia, Vol. II Or, the Laws of Organic Life Erasmus Darwin 1766
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Pericarpia lateri interiori squamae adnata, duo auricularia,
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Petala quinque acqualia, modo diftinda nypogyna, modo bafi connata & imo ftaminum tube adnata.
Antonii Laurentii de Jussieu ... Genera plantarum secundum ordines naturales disposita : juxta methodum in horto regio Parisiensi exaratam, anno M.DCC.LXXIV Barrois, Théophile, printer 1789
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Filament a quinque, breviHima, fupra medium tubi adnata, capillaria.
Travels through that part of North America formerly called Louisiana. 1771
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FUamenta 5 tubo coroUae adnata, fubula - ta, curva, labii fuperioris longitudine, pa - rallela.
Travels through that part of North America formerly called Louisiana. 1771
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