Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Of or pertaining to an endophragm.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective (Zoöl.) Of or pertaining to the endophragma.
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- adjective zoology Of or pertaining to the
endophragma .
Etymologies
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endophragma + -al
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Examples
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Autapomorphies of the endophragmal system in trichodactylid freshwater crabs.
All that matters 2005
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In the thoracic region of Crustacea it is not the whole segment with part of the carapace which corresponds to a vertebra, but merely the part round the ventral nerve-cord (endophragmal skeleton).
Form and Function A Contribution to the History of Animal Morphology
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