interambulacrumn.
/ˌɪntərambjʊˈleɪkrəm/ Zoology.
One of the imperforate plates occupying the intervals of the ambulacra or perforate plates in the shells of echinoderms.
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the world > animals > invertebrates > subkingdom Metazoa > grade Triploblastica or Coelomata > phylum Echinodermata > [noun] > member of > parts of > ambulacrum > plate between ambulacra
interambulacrum1877
1877 T. H. Huxley Man. Anat. Invertebrated Animals ix. 569 Two series of interambulacral plates, those in the middle of each interambulacrum being hexagonal.
Derivatives
interambuˈlacral adj. of or pertaining to interambulacra; situated between ambulacra.
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the world > animals > invertebrates > subkingdom Metazoa > grade Triploblastica or Coelomata > phylum Echinodermata > [adjective] > belonging to or resembling echinoderms > of parts of > of or relating to ambulacra > of or relating to interambulacra
interambulacral1870
1870 G. Rolleston Forms Animal Life 225 Quadrangular reticulations, formed by the ‘interambulacral’ ossicles.
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