Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Pertaining to or having the character of a micropyle.
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- adjective Of or pertaining to
micropyles
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- adjective of or relating to a micropyle
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Examples
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Of the three cells at the micropylar end of the sac, all naked cells
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Part 1, Slice 1 Various
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But the outer egg-membrane passes over the "micropylar apparatus" of the
Facts and Arguments for Darwin Fritz Muller 1859
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If you micropylar the entry level sales megahertz to a euclidian windsock, podicipediformes to that blessing in your progressive antique nitrochloroform and theropoda the predestinate overstrain.
Rational Review 2009
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The simple median eye appears earlier, and would therefore be more important than the compound paired eyes; the scale of the antennae in the Prawns would be more important than the flagellum; the maxillipedes of the Decapoda would be more important than the chelae and ambulatory feet, and the anterior six pairs of feet in the Isopoda, than the precisely similarly formed seventh pair; in the Amphipoda the most important of all organs would be the "micropylar apparatus," which disappears without leaving a trace soon after hatching; in Cyclops the setae of the tail would be more important than all the natatory feet; in the Cirripedia the posterior antennae, as to which we do not know what becomes of them, would be more important than the cirri, and so forth.
Facts and Arguments for Darwin Fritz Muller 1859
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"micropylar apparatus," in the Isopoda in the want of the last pair of ambulatory feet -- testifies that the present mode of development has come down from a very early period and extends back beyond the separation of the present families.
Facts and Arguments for Darwin Fritz Muller 1859
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Caprella.) a peculiar structure makes its appearance very early on the anterior part of the back, by which the embryo is attached to the "inner egg-membrane," and which has been called the "micropylar apparatus," but improperly as it seems to me.
Facts and Arguments for Darwin Fritz Muller 1859
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