diagonal scale row — the almost vertical row of scales slanting backwards and downwards across the sides of the body. Divided into scales above the lateral line starting at the front of the dorsal fin (from, but not including, the scale in the middorsal row, to but… … Dictionary of ichthyology
cross-row of scales — the diagonal scale row (the almost vertical rows of scales slanting backwards and downwards across the sides of the body. Divided into scales above the lateral line starting at the front of the dorsal fin (from, but not including, the scale in… … Dictionary of ichthyology
longitudinal scale series — the scale rows running along the body from behind the gills to the base of the caudal fin. The number of longitudinal series is usually counted in the transverse row from the origin of the dorsal fin to (not including) the lateral line and from… … Dictionary of ichthyology
tr. — transverse row of scales, diagonal scale row (the almost vertical rows of scales slanting backwards and downwards across the sides of the body. Divided into scales above the lateral line starting at the front of the dorsal fin (from, but not… … Dictionary of ichthyology
Oligodon brevicauda — Shorthead Kukri Snake Scientific classification Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Reptilia … Wikipedia
Trimeresurus stejnegeri — Scientific classification Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata … Wikipedia
Southeast Asian arts — Literary, performing, and visual arts of Myanmar (Burma), Thailand, Laos, Cambodia, Vietnam, Malaysia, Singapore, and the Philippines. The classical literatures of Southeast Asia can be divided into three major regions: the Sanskrit region of… … Universalium
solids, mechanics of — ▪ physics Introduction science concerned with the stressing (stress), deformation (deformation and flow), and failure of solid materials and structures. What, then, is a solid? Any material, fluid or solid, can support normal forces.… … Universalium
Australia — /aw strayl yeuh/, n. 1. a continent SE of Asia, between the Indian and the Pacific oceans. 18,438,824; 2,948,366 sq. mi. (7,636,270 sq. km). 2. Commonwealth of, a member of the Commonwealth of Nations, consisting of the federated states and… … Universalium
Insect wing — Original veins and wing posture of a dragonfly. Hoverflies hovering to mate … Wikipedia
