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adhesive disc — adhesive disk … Dictionary of ichthyology
disk — (disc) 1) the area surrounding the mouth in lampreys (Petromyzontiformes) (disc) 2) the roundish body of skate and rays (Rajiformes) excluding the tail and pelvic fins but including the pectoral fins that merge more seamlessly with the body… … Dictionary of ichthyology
Floppy disk — Floppy redirects here. For other uses, see Floppy (disambiguation). 8 inch, 5 1⁄4 inch, and 3 1⁄2 inch floppy disks … Wikipedia
creeping disk — noun zoology : the smooth adhesive lower surface of the foot or sometimes of the entire body of mollusks and some other invertebrates on which they creep along … Useful english dictionary
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
gastropod — /gas treuh pod /, n. 1. any mollusk of the class Gastropoda, comprising the snails, whelks, slugs, etc. adj. 2. Also, gastropodous /ga strop euh deuhs/. belonging or pertaining to the gastropods. [1820 30; < NL Gast(e)ropoda a class of mollusks.… … Universalium
wafer — I. noun Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo French wafer, walfre, of Germanic origin; akin to Middle Dutch wafele waffle Date: 14th century 1. a. a thin crisp cake, candy, or cracker b. a round thin piece of unleavened bread used in the… … New Collegiate Dictionary
wafer — [wā′fər] n. [ME wafre < NormFr waufre < MDu wafel, wafer, WAFFLE1] 1. a) a thin, flat, crisp cracker or cookie b) anything resembling this, as a thin, flat disk of candy 2. a piece of Eucharistic bread, specif., a thin, flat, white,… … English World dictionary
Wafer — Wa fer, n. [OE. wafre, OF. waufre, qaufre, F. qaufre; of Teutonic origin; cf. LG. & D. wafel, G. waffel, Dan. vaffel, Sw. v[*a]ffla; all akin to G. wabe a honeycomb, OHG. waba, being named from the resemblance to a honeycomb. G. wabe is probably… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Wafer cake — Wafer Wa fer, n. [OE. wafre, OF. waufre, qaufre, F. qaufre; of Teutonic origin; cf. LG. & D. wafel, G. waffel, Dan. vaffel, Sw. v[*a]ffla; all akin to G. wabe a honeycomb, OHG. waba, being named from the resemblance to a honeycomb. G. wabe is… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
