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单词 body plan
释义

body plan in American English

noun
1. Biology
the basic shape of members of an animal phylum; the general structure each individual organism assumes as it develops
Compare bilateral symmetry, radial symmetry
2. Shipbuilding
a diagrammatic elevation of a hull, consisting of an end view of the bow on one side of the center line and an end view of the stern on the other side, marked with water lines, diagonals, bow or buttock lines, stations, and sometimes details of the hull
Compare half-breadth plan, sheer plan
Word origin
[1840–50]

Examples of 'body plan' in a sentence
body plan

The snake body plan more or less commits them to obscurity.They move well enough, but the badger body-plan is for digging first - pear-shaped and powerful.
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