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coracoid cartilage
Dictionary of ichthyology. 2009.
Dictionary of ichthyology. 2009.
coracoid cartilage — a U shaped bar comprising the ventral part of the pectoral girdle in Elasmobranchii, supporting the pectoral fins … Dictionary of ichthyology
skeleton — skeletonless, adj. skeletonlike, adj. /skel i tn/, n. 1. Anat., Zool. the bones of a human or an animal considered as a whole, together forming the framework of the body. 2. any of various structures forming a rigid framework in an invertebrate.… … Universalium
Ligament — A ligament is a tough band of connective tissue that connects various structures such as two bones. Ligament is a fitting term; it comes from the Latin ligare meaning to bind or tie. * * * 1. A band or sheet of fibrous tissue connecting two or… … Medical dictionary
bird — birdless, adj. /berrd/, n. 1. any warm blooded vertebrate of the class Aves, having a body covered with feathers, forelimbs modified into wings, scaly legs, a beak, and no teeth, and bearing young in a hard shelled egg. 2. a fowl or game bird. 3 … Universalium
Bird — /berrd/, n. Larry, born 1956, U.S. basketball player. * * * I Any of the warm blooded, beaked vertebrates of the class Aves, including more than 9,600 living species. A covering of feathers distinguishes birds from all other animals. Birds have a … Universalium
Elasmosaurus — Temporal range: Late Cretaceous, 80.5 Ma … Wikipedia
perissodactyl — perissodactylous, adj. /peuh ris oh dak til/, adj. 1. having an uneven number of toes or digits on each foot. n. 2. any mammal of the order Perissodactyla, comprising the odd toed hoofed quadrupeds and including the tapirs, rhinoceroses, and… … Universalium
Confuciusornis — Temporal range: Early Cretaceous, 125–120 Ma … Wikipedia
Plesiopleurodon — Taxobox name = Plesiopleurodon fossil range = Late Cretaceous regnum = Animalia phylum = Chordata classis = Sauropsida ordo = Plesiosauria subordo = Pliosauroidea familia = Pliosauridae genus = Plesiopleurodon genus authority= Carpenter, 1996… … Wikipedia
muscle — muscleless, adj. muscly, adj. /mus euhl/, n., v., muscled, muscling, adj. n. 1. a tissue composed of cells or fibers, the contraction of which produces movement in the body. 2. an organ, composed of muscle tissue, that contracts to produce a… … Universalium