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Adhesive — Glue redirects here. For other uses, see Glue (disambiguation). For the band, see Adhesive (band). Nitrocellulose adhesive outside a tube An adhesive, or glue, is a mixture in a liquid or semi liquid state that adheres or bonds items together.… … Wikipedia
adhesive — adhesively, adv. adhesiveness, n. /ad hee siv, ziv/, adj. 1. coated with glue, paste, mastic, or other sticky substance: adhesive bandages. 2. sticking fast; sticky; clinging. 3. Physics. of or pertaining to the molecular force that exists in the … Universalium
viscid egg — adhesive egg (a fish egg that is deposited on sand, gravel, plants, etc. to which it sticks by means of the egg s sticky surface. In aquaculture situations this is inconvenient and the adhesiveness can be removed by milk or tannin) … Dictionary of ichthyology
phytophil — 1) a reproductive guild (q.v.) of an obligatory plant spawner characterised by an adhesive egg envelope sticking to submerged plants (both live and dead), by late hatching, cement glands, by not being phototactic, and by having very well… … Dictionary of ichthyology
Spawn (biology) — The spawn (eggs) of a clownfish. The black spots are the eyes developing. Spawn refers to the eggs and sperm released or deposited, usually into water, by aquatic animals. As a verb, spawn refers to the process of releasing the eggs and sperm,… … Wikipedia
flatworm — /flat werrm /, n. any worm of the phylum Platyhelminthes, having bilateral symmetry and a soft, solid, usually flattened body, including the planarians, tapeworms, and trematodes; platyhelminth. [1895 1900; FLAT1 + WORM] * * * or platyhelminth… … Universalium
amphibian — /am fib ee euhn/, n. 1. any cold blooded vertebrate of the class Amphibia, comprising frogs and toads, newts and salamanders, and caecilians, the larvae being typically aquatic, breathing by gills, and the adults being typically semiterrestrial,… … Universalium
cell — cell1 cell like, adj. /sel/, n. 1. a small room, as in a convent or prison. 2. any of various small compartments or bounded areas forming part of a whole. 3. a small group acting as a unit within a larger organization: a local cell of the… … Universalium
Bioadhesives — are natural polymeric materials that act as adhesives. The term is sometimes used more loosely to describe a glue formed synthetically from biological monomers such as sugars, or to mean a synthetic material designed to adhere to biological… … Wikipedia
Bioadhesive — Bioadhesives are natural polymeric materials that act as adhesives. The term is sometimes used more loosely to describe a glue formed synthetically from biological monomers such as sugars, or to mean a synthetic material designed to adhere to… … Wikipedia
