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Meaning of "homocercal" in the English dictionary

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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD HOMOCERCAL

From homo- + Greek kerkos tail.
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PRONUNCIATION OF HOMOCERCAL

homocercal  [ˌhəʊməʊˈsɜːkəl] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF HOMOCERCAL

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

WHAT DOES HOMOCERCAL MEAN IN ENGLISH?

homocercal

Fish anatomy

Fish anatomy is the study of the form or morphology of fishes. It can be contrasted with fish physiology, which is the study of how the component parts of fish function together in the living fish. In practice, fish anatomy and fish physiology complement each other, the former dealing with the structure of a fish, its organs or component parts and how they are put together, such as might be observed on the dissecting table or under the microscope, and the latter dealing with how those components function together in the living fish. The anatomy of fish is often shaped by the physical characteristics of water, the medium in which fish live. Water is much denser than air, holds a relatively small amount of dissolved oxygen, and absorbs more light than air does.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH HOMOCERCAL


anisocercal
ænˌaɪsəʊˈsɜːkəl
cercal
ˈsɜːkəl
circle
ˈsɜːkəl
circumcircle
ˈsɜːkəmˌsɜːkəl
debacle
deɪˈbɑːkəl
diphycercal
ˌdɪfɪˈsɜːkəl
ducal
ˈdjuːkəl
encircle
ɪnˈsɜːkəl
fecal
ˈfiːkəl
furcal
ˈfɜːkəl
heterocercal
ˌhɛtərəʊˈsɜːkəl
leptocercal
ˌlɛptəʊˈsɜːkəl
Merkel
ˈmɜːkəl
novercal
nəʊˈvɜːkəl
patriarchal
ˌpeɪtrɪˈɑːkəl
recircle
riːˈsɜːkəl
semicircle
ˈsɛmɪˌsɜːkəl
snorkel
ˈsnɔːkəl
sparkle
ˈspɑːkəl
Trakl
ˈtrɑːkəl

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE HOMOCERCAL

homo
homo economicus
Homo erectus
Homo habilis
Homo sapiens
homoblastic
homocentric
homocentrically
homocercy
homochlamydeous
homochromatic
homochromatism
homochromous
homochromy
homocyclic
homocysteine
homodont
homodyne
homoeomeric
homoeomerous

WORDS THAT END LIKE HOMOCERCAL

biological
chemical
classical
clinical
critical
electrical
fiscal
historical
local
mechanical
medical
musical
perisarcal
physical
political
practical
technical
tropical
typical
vertical

Synonyms and antonyms of homocercal in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «homocercal» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF HOMOCERCAL

Find out the translation of homocercal to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of homocercal from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «homocercal» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

homocercal
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

homocercal
570 millions of speakers

English

homocercal
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

homocercal
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

homocercal
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

homocercal
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

homocercal
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

homocercal
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

homocercal
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Homocercal
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

homocercal
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

homocercal
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

homocercal
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Homocercal
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

homocercal
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

ஓரினப்பகுதிவால்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

समलिंगी
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

homocercal
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

homocercal
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

homocercal
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

homocercal
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

homocercal
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

homocercal
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

homocercal
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

homocercal
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

homocercal
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of homocercal

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «HOMOCERCAL»

The term «homocercal» is used very little and occupies the 189.661 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «HOMOCERCAL» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «homocercal» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «homocercal» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

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

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «HOMOCERCAL»

Discover the use of homocercal in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to homocercal and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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The collected works of Sir Humphry Davy ...: Discourses ...
The argument made use of by this philosopher may be thus shortly stated : — Homocercal fishes have in their embryonic state heterocercal tails ; therefore, heterocercality is, so far, a mark of an embryonic state as compared with homocercality ...
Sir Humphry Davy, John Davy, 1855
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The Annals and Magazine of Natural History: Zoology, Botany, ...
The argument made use of by this philosopher may be thus shortl^stated : — Homocercal fishes have in their embryonic state heterocercal tails ; therefore, heterocercality is, so far, a mark of an embryonic state as compared with homoeercality ...
Sir William Jardine, 1855
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The Westminster Review
The anatomical structure of the tail of the truly homocercal fishes, such as the perch and mackerel, is not the same as that of the tail in the salmonoid tribes, and all the developmental evidence which we have at present, tends to show that they ...
‎1855
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The Annals and Magazine of Natural History
The argument made use of by this philosopher may be thus shortly stated z— Homocercal fishes have in their embryonic state heterocercal tails; therefore, heterocercality is, so far, a mark of an embryonic state as compared with homocercality; ...
‎1855
5
The annals and magazine of natural history, zoology, botany ...
The argument made use of by this philosopher may be thus shortly stated : — Homocercal fishes have in their embryonic state heterocercal tails ; therefore, heterocercality is, so far, a mark of an embryonic state as compared with homocercality ...
‎1855
6
Annals and Magazine of Natural History
This form of tail I find in all the species of Dzplopterus (Ag.), and also in G3/ roptychius (M'Coy), and as it is in some measure intermediate in appearance between the “homocercal” and “heterocercal” types, though possessing some structural ...
‎1848
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Hyman's Comparative Vertebrate Anatomy
They resemble the protocercal type, but intermediate fossil forms show their derivation from the heterocercal condition. d. Homocercal Tail Externally more or less symmetrical but internally like a shortened heterocercal type; found in all higher ...
Marvalee H. Wake, 1992
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The Foreign Quarterly Review
A severely accurate inquirer would now have turned to the other homocercal fishes, and would have ascertained, in the first place, whether the anatomical structure of their tails was identical with that observable in the salmonoid tribe ; and ...
‎1855
9
Modern Text Book of Zoology: Vertebrates
Homocercal. This is the advanced and most common type (Gr., homos, common, alike), characteristic of the large majority of higher bony fishes (teleosts). It is externally symmetrical but internally it is asymmetrical. In this type the original dorsal ...
R. L. Kotpal, 2010
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Fish & Fisheries
Fig. 1. Showing different kinds of tail found in different groups of fishes. 1. Protocercal (Diphycercal), 2. Heterocercal, 3. Homocercal, 4. Abbreviated heterocercal, 5. Hypocercal, 6. Gephyrocercal, 7. 1socercal. Integumentary System [The Skin, ...
Dr. J.P. Shukla

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« EDUCALINGO. Homocercal [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/homocercal>. Apr 2024 ».
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