Sentence example with the word 'orbicular'

orbicular

Definition adj. circular or nearly circular

Last update: October 8, 2015


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Snares of another type consisting of a tangled mass of threads amongst which the spiders pick their way with ease, but which are impassable to insects, are spun by members of the Theridiidae and Pholcidae; but by common consent the so-called orbicular web, so characteristic of the Argyopidae but by no means confined to them, is regarded as manifesting the greatest perfection of instinct in snare-spinning.   [Please select]

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Orbicular: round and flat, the diameters of the plane equal: in sonic moths, a round or oval macula in the median cell.   [Please select]

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Stigmata: the spiracles: also applied to the two spots, orbicular and reniform, in the cell of the primaries of certain moths.   [Please select]

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_ Shell ovate, smooth, obscure sea green; outer lip above immarginate; inner lip broad, flat; perforations numerous, very small, orbicular and smooth.   [Please select]

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Aperture nearly orbicular, slightly angulated at the top of the inner lip.   [Please select]

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Wings immaculate, brown; lower orbicular, not tailed; front, lateral stripe on the thorax beneath, and tip of the body red.   [Please select]

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Thence it is directed forwards, passes under the superficial layer, and blends with the fibres of the orbicular muscle of the lips.   [Please select]

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In _Baiomys musculus_, the orbicular apophysis of the malleus (see Figure 8, B) is round to oblong, and less ovoid than in _B.   [Please select]

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_Palpi_, triangular, with the two margins, thickly clothed with bristles; on each side of the mouth, near where the palpi are united to the mandibles, there is a slight, orbicular, shield-like swelling.   [Please select]

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Nose-leaf cordate, or semi-orbicular, bi-lobed in front of the nostrils; a longitudinal crest along the nose and an erect frontal leaf posteriorly more or less lanceolate.   [Please select]

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