grasping organ
11pincers — /pin seuhrz/, n. (usually used with a pl. v.) 1. a gripping tool consisting of two pivoted limbs forming a pair of jaws and a pair of handles (usually used with pair of). 2. Zool. a grasping organ or pair of organs resembling this, as the claw of …
12gnathopods — Chelate or subtotal, prehensile maxilliped (e.g., Amphipoda); also used for first two prehensile pereiopods of amphipods whether chelate or subchelate [Moore and McCormick, 1969]. Prehensile maxilliped; also 1st 2 prehensile pereopods of… …
13hinge joint — (Subclass Copepoda): In male, modified joint in midregion of geniculate type of antennule to fold down on basal half, antennule serves as grasping organ during copulation [Stachowitsch, 1992] …
14pincers — pin•cers [[t]ˈpɪn sərz[/t]] n. (usu. with a pl. v.) 1) bui a gripping tool consisting of two pivoted limbs forming a pair of jaws and a pair of handles (usu. used with pair of) 2) zool. a grasping organ or pair of organs resembling this, as the… …
15forceps — /ˈfɔsəps / (say fawsuhps) noun (plural forceps or forcipes /ˈfɔsəpiz/ (say fawsuhpeez)) 1. an instrument, as pincers or tongs, for seizing and holding objects, as in surgical operations. 2. Zoology a grasping organ resembling a forceps. {Latin}… …
16pincers — /ˈpɪnsəz / (say pinsuhz) noun (singular or plural) 1. a gripping tool consisting of two pivoted limbs forming a pair of jaws and a pair of handles (often called a pair of pincers). 2. Zoology a grasping organ or pair of organs resembling this.… …
17subchela — |səb+ noun (plural subchelae) Etymology: New Latin, from sub + chela : a grasping organ of the limbs of some crustaceans (as of the genus Squilla) in which the terminal segment folds back against the next one * * * subˈchela [f. sub 23 + …
18evolution — evolutional, adj. evolutionally, adv. /ev euh looh sheuhn/ or, esp. Brit., /ee veuh /, n. 1. any process of formation or growth; development: the evolution of a language; the evolution of the airplane. 2. a product of such development; something… …
19lizard — /liz euhrd/, n. 1. any of numerous scaly reptiles of the suborder Sauria, order Squamata, typically having a moderately elongate body, a tapering tail, and two pairs of legs held outward from the body, comprising mostly terrestrial and burrowing… …
20reptile — reptilelike, adj. reptiloid /rep tl oyd /, adj. /rep til, tuyl/, n. 1. any cold blooded vertebrate of the class Reptilia, comprising the turtles, snakes, lizards, crocodilians, amphisbaenians, tuatara, and various extinct members including the… …
