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Meaning of "ammocoete" in the English dictionary

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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD AMMOCOETE

From New Latin ammocoeteēs, literally: that lie in sand, from Greek ammos sand + koitē bed, from keisthai to lie.

Etymology is the study of the origin of words and their changes in structure and significance.

PRONUNCIATION OF AMMOCOETE

ˈæməˌsiːt


GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF AMMOCOETE

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Ammocoete is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES AMMOCOETE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Lamprey

Lampreys are an order of jawless fish, the adult of which is characterized by a toothed, funnel-like sucking mouth. The common name "lamprey" is probably derived from Latin lampetra, which may mean "stone licker", though the etymology is uncertain. Currently there are about 38 known species of lampreys. Although they are well known for boring into the flesh of other fish to suck their blood, in fact only a minority do so; only 18 species of lampreys are actually parasitic. The lampreys are a very ancient lineage of vertebrates, though their exact relationship to hagfishes and jawed vertebrates is still a matter of dispute.

Definition of ammocoete in the English dictionary

The definition of ammocoete in the dictionary is the larva of primitive jawless vertebrates, such as the lamprey, that lives buried in mud and feeds on microorganisms.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH AMMOCOETE

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WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE AMMOCOETE

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WORDS THAT END LIKE AMMOCOETE

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Synonyms and antonyms of ammocoete in the English dictionary of synonyms

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Translation of «ammocoete» into 25 languages

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «AMMOCOETE»

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Vertebrates
These cyclostomes include hagfish and lampreys, inhabitants of the sea and some fresh waters. The reproductive biology of lampreys has long been of interest because of the remarkable larval form, the ammocoete. The ammocoete was long ...
Norman K. Wessels, Elizabeth M. Center, 1992
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Adaptive Mechanisms in the Ecology of Vision
The lamprey larva, called ammocoete, hatches from eggs buried in the substrate during spawning (Potter, 1980). Emergence of the ammocoetes occurs a few weeks later and gives rise to larval dispersal, normally over relatively short ...
S. Archer, 1999
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Biology of Cyclostomes
In this chapter we shall study in detail two forms, the ammocoete larva of the lamprey and the dogfish. The purpose of this is to gain a foundation for the discussion of the anatomy of the chordates. Both the ammocoete larva and the dogfish are ...
D.R. Khanna, 2005
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Distribution, Abundance, and Habitat Requirements of the ...
1952, 1953 Sugar Creek, 0.5 mi SE Creal Springs Williamson Spawning 1971, 1998 Big Creek, 3 mi S Karbers Ridge Hardin Spawning , 1998 1973 Big Grande Pierre, 2 mi SE Herod Pope Ammocoete , 1985 1982 Lusk Creek, 2.8 mi SE ...
Diane Shasteen, 2007
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Biology of Fishes
Br G G G aff eff Adult Ammocoete Adult Ammocoete Myxine PC E and partly by contractions of the branchial basket brought about by gill muscles. The branchial basket is a continuous cartilaginous meshwork, rather than being jointed, and ...
Quentin Bone, Richard Moore, 2008
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A Textbook of Vertebrate Zoology
A single female may lay 100,000 eggs. Soon after NOTOCHORD BHAIN ' NTESTINE / " \ PHARYNX \ VELUM ENOOSTYLE Fig. 2.11. Longitudinal section of ammocoete larva showing its general structure. spawning the adult animals die and ...
S N Prasad, S. N. Prasad, Vasantika Kashyap, 1989
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Conservation Monitoring in Freshwater Habitats: A Practical ...
The lamprey ammocoete abundance classification is based on two measures: (i) density in optimal habitat; and (ii) density based on catchment-wide surveys that include a diversity of habitats. Compliance with favourable status is based upon ...
Clive Hurford, Michael Schneider, Ian G. Cowx, 2009
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Fish & Fisheries
(ii) Auditory organ with a vestibule and a semicircular canal. 20. Development. Free swimming larval stage (Ammocoete) with ciliary mode of feeding. 21. Distribution. Temperate zone. suctorial funnel gill slits nasal aperture head first dorsal fin.
Dr. J.P. Shukla
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Issues in Global Environment—Freshwater and Marine ...
Our' news journalists obtained a quote from the research by the authors from Nature Conservancy, “As lampricides have sublethal effects on unionids, this study investigated unionid and ammocoete distribution and habitat use to aid in refining ...
‎2013
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Library of Congress Subject Headings
... etc., or the carrying out of a task to completion, e.g. BuildingEstimates; Engineering-Estimates Estimates of ammocoete populations USE Ammocoete populations-Estimates Estimates of animal populations USE Animal populations- Estimates ...
Library of Congress, 2006

2 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «AMMOCOETE»

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Getting to know your neighborhood's rare fish
... life in a larval state, known as an ammocoete. When they are three to four years old, they gradually transform into adults, spawn and then die. «Stillwater Gazette, Sep 14»
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Poetry In Larvae: The Love Songs of Walter Garstang
The Axolotl and the Ammocoete • An Oceanographer's Dream • To a Herring Gull The poems cleverly limn the form, function and development ... «Booktryst, Sep 12»
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