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Meaning of "homocercy" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF HOMOCERCY

homocercy  [ˈhəʊməʊˌsɜːsɪ] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF HOMOCERCY

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Homocercy 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 HOMOCERCY MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of homocercy in the English dictionary

The definition of homocercy in the dictionary is the condition in fish of having a symmetrical tail.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH HOMOCERCY


arsy-versy
ˈɑːsɪˈvɜːsɪ
birsy
ˈbɜːsɪ
Circe
ˈsɜːsɪ
controversy
ˈkɒntrəˌvɜːsɪ
gramercy
ɡrəˈmɜːsɪ
hearsy
ˈhɜːsɪ
heterocercy
ˈhɛtərəʊˌsɜːsɪ
mercy
ˈmɜːsɪ
Percy
ˈpɜːsɪ
pursy
ˈpɜːsɪ
remercy
rɪˈmɜːsɪ
reversi
rɪˈvɜːsɪ

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE HOMOCERCY

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

WORDS THAT END LIKE HOMOCERCY

accuracy
agency
currency
darcy
diplomacy
efficiency
emergency
errand of mercy
fancy
farcy
frequency
legacy
Lucy
nancy
pharmacy
policy
potency
pregnancy
privacy
Tracy

Synonyms and antonyms of homocercy in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «homocercy» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF HOMOCERCY

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

Translator English - Chinese

homocercy
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

homocercy
570 millions of speakers

English

homocercy
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

homocercy
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

homocercy
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

homocercy
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

homocercy
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

homocercy
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

homocercy
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Homocercy
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

homocercy
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

homocercy
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

homocercy
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Homocercy
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

homocercy
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

homocercy
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

समलिंगी
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

homocercy
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

homocercy
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

homocercy
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

homocercy
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

homocercy
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

homocercy
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

homocercy
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

homocercy
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

homocercy
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of homocercy

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «HOMOCERCY»

The term «homocercy» is used very little and occupies the 167.641 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about homocercy

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «HOMOCERCY»

Discover the use of homocercy in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to homocercy and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
The Quarterly Journal of the Geological Society of London
... but that it is variable in amount, passing from extreme heterocercy to absolute homocercy by a sliding-scale so gradual, that it is (at all events in fossil examples ) most difficult to define a positive line of demarcation between the two forms.
‎1854
2
Bulletin of Aquatic Biology
APPLICATION OF THE TERMS HETEROCERCY, HOMOCERCY, AND UROSTYLE RYDER (1886 : 985) pointed out that 'the median fins of fishes normally present five wellmarked conditions of structure, which correspond to as many stages ...
‎1957
3
The Quarterly Journal of the Geological Society of London
... but that it is variable in amount, passing from extreme heterocercy to absolute homocercy by a sliding-scale so gradual, that it is (at all events in fossil examples ) most difficult to define a positive line of demarcation between the two forms.
‎1854
4
Collected papers
The dermal portion may become fan-like (rhipidoid). Stage 3, Homocercy Derived from heterocercy by progressive upturning and reduction of the opisthure and by the coalescence of the posterior interhaemals into broad "hypurals," which form ...
William King Gregory, 1903
5
Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences
Stage 3, HOMOCERCY Derived from heterocercy by progressive upturning and reduction of the opisthure and by the coalescence of the posterior interhaemals into broad "hypurals," which form a fan-shaped (rhipidoid) bony tail. The dermal ...
Charles Lane Poor, Edmund Otis Hovey, 1906
6
Fish Physiology: Fish Biomechanics: Fish Biomechanics
Musculoskeletal system of the caudal fin in basal actinopterygians: Heterocercy, diphycercy, homocercy. Zoomorphology 123, 15–30. Gemballa, S., and Britz, R. ( 1998). Homology of intermuscular bones in acanthomorph fishes. Am. Mus.
Robert E. Shadwick, George V. Lauder, 2006
7
WORD JUDGE USA
... HOMOCARNOSINOSES HOMOCARNOSINOSIS HOMOCERCAL HOMOCERCIES HOMOCERCY HOMOEROTIC HOMOEROTICISM HOMOEROTICISMS HOMOFERMENTATION HOMOFERMENTATIONS HOMOGAMETIC HOMOGAMIES ...
Maliha Mendoza Mahmood, 2013
8
Ichnology of New England
... but that it is variable in amount, passing from extreme hetcrocercy to absolute homocercy by a sliding scale so gradual that it is (at all events in fossil examples) most difficult to define a positive line of demarcation between the two forms.
Edward Hitchcock, 2011
9
Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London
Homocercy is apparently confined to the Actinopterygii, and represents the main trend of evolution in that group. References. Aizjb, P. A. 1889. The Anatomy and Development of the Lateral Line System in Amia calva. J. Morph. ii. pp. 463-566.
Zoological Society of London, 1936
10
Proceedings of the Royal Society of London: Containing ...
A more specialised type of homocercy can scarcely be expected. In the three preceding types, a broad outline of the effects of specialisation in homocercal tails is shown, and it will be seen that great abbreviation of the axis and restriction of ...
‎1910

REFERENCE
« EDUCALINGO. Homocercy [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/homocercy>. May 2024 ».
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