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Meaning of "anguilliform" in the English dictionary

DICTIONARY

ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD ANGUILLIFORM

From Latin anguilla eel, diminutive of anguis snake.

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

PRONUNCIATION OF ANGUILLIFORM

æŋˈɡwɪlɪˌfɔːm


GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF ANGUILLIFORM

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Anguilliform is an adjective.
The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WHAT DOES ANGUILLIFORM MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Eel

Eels are an order of fish which consists of four suborders, 20 families, 111 genera and about 800 species. Most eels are predators. The term "eel" is also used for some other similarly shaped fish, such as electric eels and spiny eels, but these are not members of the Anguilliformes order.

Definition of anguilliform in the English dictionary

The definition of anguilliform in the dictionary is having the shape or form of an eel.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH ANGUILLIFORM

aliform · cheliform · cuculiform · cumuliform · filiform · granuliform · moniliform · morbilliform · paliform · penicilliform · piliform · poculiform · raduliform · spiraliform · stilliform · strobiliform · strombuliform · styliform · umbraculiform · ypsiliform

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE ANGUILLIFORM

anguifauna · anguiform · Anguilla · anguine · anguiped · anguipede · anguish · anguished · angular · angular acceleration · angular displacement · angular frequency · angular magnification · angular momentum · angular velocity · angularities · angularity · angularly · angularness · angulate

WORDS THAT END LIKE ANGUILLIFORM

choreiform · coliform · cribriform · cruciform · cuneiform · dress uniform · epileptiform · form · fusiform · glandiform · multiform · nonuniform · piriform · plexiform · pyriform · rotiform · school uniform · Scout uniform · stratiform · uniform · vermiform

Synonyms and antonyms of anguilliform in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «anguilliform» into 25 languages

TRANSLATOR

TRANSLATION OF ANGUILLIFORM

Find out the translation of anguilliform to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.

The translations of anguilliform from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «anguilliform» in English.
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anguilliform
1,325 millions of speakers
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anguilliform
570 millions of speakers
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English

anguilliform
510 millions of speakers
hi

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anguilliform
380 millions of speakers
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anguilliform
280 millions of speakers
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anguilliform
278 millions of speakers
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anguilliform
270 millions of speakers
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anguilliform
260 millions of speakers
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anguilliformes
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Anguilliform
190 millions of speakers
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anguilliform
180 millions of speakers
ja

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ウナギ状の
130 millions of speakers
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anguilliform
85 millions of speakers
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Anguilliform
85 millions of speakers
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anguilliform
80 millions of speakers
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anguilliform
75 millions of speakers
mr

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एन्जिलिफॉर्म
75 millions of speakers
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anguilliform
70 millions of speakers
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anguilliform
65 millions of speakers
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anguilliform
50 millions of speakers
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anguilliform
40 millions of speakers
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anguilliform
30 millions of speakers
el

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anguilliform
15 millions of speakers
af

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aalvormig
14 millions of speakers
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anguilliform
10 millions of speakers
no

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anguilliform
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of anguilliform

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «ANGUILLIFORM»

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about anguilliform

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «ANGUILLIFORM»

Discover the use of anguilliform in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to anguilliform and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Bio-mechanisms of Swimming and Flying: Fluid Dynamics, ...
Chapter. 14. Modeling,. Simulation. and. Optimization. of. Anguilliform. Swimmers . Stefan Kern, Philippe Chatelain, and Petros Koumoutsakos Computational Science and Engineering Laboratory, ETH Zurich, Universitaetstrasse 6, CH- 8092, ...
Naomi Kato, Shinji Kamimura, 2008
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Locomotion: Volume 7: Locomotion
Anguilliform swimming by herring larva Clupea harengus, about 6.5 mm long, with yolk sac. Successive cinephotos (at 0.021 sec intervals) are displaced to the right. Lower broken line represents a fixed position on background. Movements of ...
‎1979
3
Fish Locomotion
The influence of a variety of morphological features on steady and unsteady swimming performance is considered. Good steady swimming performance in the anguilliform and subcarangiform modes requires a large depth of section anteriorly ...
Robert William Blake, 1983
4
Ecology of North American Freshwater Fishes
Similarities and Dijfirences among Commonly Recognized Modes ofBody and Caudal Fin (BCF) Locomotion Trait Anguilliform subcarangiform Carangiform Length of active, ipsilateral Short block Intermediate Long block red-muscle blocks ...
Stephen T. Ross Ph. D., 2013
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Numerical Simulations of Fluid-structure Interaction ...
Anguilliform mode (black lines); Carangiform mode (red lines); case A (dotted lines); case B (dashed lines); case C (solid lines). 169 5.16 The race between the anguilliform and carangiform mode of swimming in (a) case B Re∗ ≃ 4000 and ( b) ...
Iman Borazjani, 2008
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Mechanics and Physiology of Animal Swimming
THE HYDRODYNAMICS OF ANGUILLIFORM SWIMMING: A SQUARE-WAVE APPROXIMATION The detailed computation of the hydrodynamics of swimming creatures is a complex task, requiring substantial computational overheads.
Linda Maddock, Q. Bone, Jeremy M. V. Rayner, 1994
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Mathematical Biofluiddynamics
ANGUILLIFORM PROPULSION Ichthyologists, beginning with Breder (12), describe as 'anguilliform' (after the common eel, of genus Anguilla) the pure undulatory mode of propulsion in which the whole body participates (even though ...
James Lighthill, 1975
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Issues in Mechanical Engineering: 2013 Edition
Singapore. National. University: Simulation. of. self-propelled. anguilliform. swimming. by. local. domain-free. discretization. method. By a News Reporter- Staff News Editor at Journal of Mathematics — Fresh data on Fluids are presented in a ...
‎2013
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The Diversity of Fishes: Biology, Evolution, and Ecology
Anguilliform swimming, seen in most eels, dogfishes, other elongate sharks, and many larvae occurs in fishes with very flexible bodies that are bent into at least one-half of a sine wave when photographed from the dorsal view (Table 8.1).
Gene Helfman, Bruce B. Collette, Douglas E. Facey, 2009
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Dinosaur Studies - Commemorating the 150th Anniversary of ...
1989; Halstead, 1989). Mosasaurs, in contrast, have for some time been quite unceremoniously "dumped" in the category of anguilliform locomotion. Indeed the problems associated with analysis of this form of locomotion, typified by the eel ...
L. B. Halstead, 1991

6 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «ANGUILLIFORM»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term anguilliform is used in the context of the following news items.
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Why Eel Drones Are the Future of Naval Warfare
Anguilliform [eel like] fish consume less energy when on a long distance journey than regular autonomous underwater vehicles,” Xu told ... «Defense One, Dec 14»
2
Eel-like robotic fish to scan inaccessible ocean areas
Singapore: Inspired by Anguilliform fishes due to their superior flexibility compared with other fish species, a team of scientists in Singapore ... «Zee News, Nov 14»
3
Singaporean Scientists Build Robotic Eel
A team of scientists from Singapore has built an autonomous "Anguilliform" robotic eel that can swim deep underwater and reach areas ... «Chinatopix, Nov 14»
4
An eel-lectrifying future for autonomous underwater robots
Inspired by Anguilliform fish, due to their superior flexibility compared to the other fish forms, a team in Singapore has developed and built a ... «Nanowerk, Nov 14»
5
I'll see your horrifying crab barnacle and raise you a heart eel
It was a huge animal, nearly 900lbs, and during necropsy, as they say in the paper, they “were astonished to find two anguilliform fish in the ... «Deep-Sea News, Oct 13»
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International Exhibitions @ IIT Bombay Techfest 2010
We were told about the two main type of movements called Anguilliform and Carangiform. In Anguilliform, the whole body undergoes a ... «OnlyGeek, Feb 10»
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