单词 | adhesive organ |
释义 | > as lemmasadhesive organ adhesive organ n. Zoology any of various structures, such as a sucker, by which an animal (esp. an aquatic invertebrate or a fish) can adhere to a surface. ΚΠ 1806 E. Donovan Nat. Hist. Brit. Fishes IV. Descr. Pl. LXXV. The lump sucker, which..they find abundantly common, attached under water to the rocks by means of their adhesive organ, or sucker. 1924 Ecology 5 146 This is an adhesive organ of considerable power, as shown by the strength with which nymphs adhere to rocks or aquaria. 1967 Exper. Parasitol. 21 388/1 Hydrolysis of host nervous tissue by the lappets and adhesive organ of the metacercaria of the strigeid Diplostomium phoxini. 2004 K. Schultz Field Guide Freshwater Fish 74 Each fry is born with an adhesive organ that it immediately uses to adhere to bottom vegetation. < as lemmas |
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