Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • Primarily or fundamentally radial; pertaining to the original or primary rays of a hydrozoan: said of certain parts or processes, as tentacles, as distinguished from those which are secondary and tertiary, or interradial and adradial: as, the perradial marginal bodies of a hydrozoan.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • adjective (Zoöl.) Situated around the radii, or radial tubes, of a radiate.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • adjective zoology Situated around the radii, or radial tubes, of a radiate.

Etymologies

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License

per- +‎ radial

Support

Help support Wordnik (and make this page ad-free) by adopting the word perradial.

Examples

    Sorry, no example sentences found.

Comments

Log in or sign up to get involved in the conversation. It's quick and easy.