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单词 actinal
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actinal

/akˈtʌɪnl/ /ˈaktɪnl/
Zoology
adjective
Designating the part or surface of an echinoderm or other radiate animal which contains the mouth and surrounding organs (as the lower or oral side of a starfish); relating to this part.
  • Originally introduced in connection with Agassiz's theory that the body of a radiate animal is essentially a sphere, with the mouth or actinostome at one of the poles..

Origin

Mid 19th century; earliest use found in Louis Agassiz (1807–1873), zoologist and geologist. From ancient Greek ἀκτῖν-, ἀκτίς ray + -al.

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