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Meaning of "leptocercal" in the English dictionary

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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD LEPTOCERCAL

From lepto- + Greek kerkos tail.
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PRONUNCIATION OF LEPTOCERCAL

leptocercal  [ˌlɛptəʊˈsɜːkəl] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF LEPTOCERCAL

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

WHAT DOES LEPTOCERCAL MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of leptocercal in the English dictionary

The definition of leptocercal in the dictionary is having a long thin tail.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH LEPTOCERCAL


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

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE LEPTOCERCAL

leptocephali
leptocephalic
leptocephalous
leptocephalus
leptodactyl
leptodactylous
leptokurtic
leptome
lepton
lepton number
leptonic
leptophos
leptophyllous
leptorrhine
leptosomatic
leptosome
leptosomic
leptospiral
leptospire
leptospirosis

WORDS THAT END LIKE LEPTOCERCAL

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

Synonyms and antonyms of leptocercal in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «leptocercal» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF LEPTOCERCAL

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

Translator English - Chinese

leptocercal
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

leptocercal
570 millions of speakers

English

leptocercal
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

leptocercal
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

leptocercal
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

leptocercal
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

leptocercal
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

leptocercal
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

leptocercal
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Leptocercal
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

leptocercal
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

leptocercal
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

leptocercal
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Leptocercal
85 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Vietnamese

leptocercal
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

leptocercal
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

लेप्टोस्केकल
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

leptocercal
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

leptocercal
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

leptocercal
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

leptocercal
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

leptocercal
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

leptocercal
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

leptocercal
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

leptocercal
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

leptocercal
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of leptocercal

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «LEPTOCERCAL»

The term «leptocercal» is normally little used and occupies the 148.934 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 leptocercal

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «LEPTOCERCAL»

Discover the use of leptocercal in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to leptocercal and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Fish & Fisheries
(1) 1socercal or leptocercal. (2) Internally symmetrical tail. (3) Pseudocercal tail. ( 4) Hypocercal tail. (5) Gephyrocercal tail. (6) Unusual tail fin. 'Z-5f>) 1. Isocercal or leptocercal. In many fishes viz. Rat tails (Macruidae), Eels (Anguilliformes), ...
Dr. J.P. Shukla
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Objective Zoology
This type is called isocercal or leptocercal. I B. Paired fins It include pectoral fins and pelvic fins. The pectoral fins are present just behind the gill slits. Each pectoral fin is present on either side of the body. The pelvic fins are present either in the ...
S. K. Sharma
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Bioscientific Terminology: Words from Latin and Greek Stems
leptocercal — with long, slender, tapering tail, as some fishes lophccercal — having a rayless caudal fin like a ridge 6. CLEID-, "clavicle" hypocleidium — the interclavicle 7. DOCH-, "to take or receive" elaeodochon — the preen gland or oil  ...
Donald M. Ayers, 1972
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The Diversity of Fishes: Biology, Evolution, and Ecology
... 191 Lepisosteus (gar) 255 Lepisosteus platyrhincus (Florida Gar) 255 Lepomis (sunfish) 542–3 Lepomis macrochirus (Bluegill Sunfish) 474 leptocephalus larva 264, 266, 521 leptocercal tail 33 leptolepidiforms 191 Lessepsian migrants 338 ...
Gene Helfman, Bruce B. Collette, Douglas E. Facey, 2009
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Biology of Sharks and Their Relatives, Second Edition
Tail morphology ranges from long and tapering (leptocercal) to distinctly heterocercal. 5.2 Locomotion in Sharks 5.2.1 Function of the body during Steady locomotion and Vertical Maneuvering The anatomy of the various components of shark ...
Jeffrey C. Carrier, John A. Musick, Michael R. Heithaus, 2012
6
Pansegrouw's Crossword Dictionary
... keel carinate(d) having all its parts complete having all power Almighty, omnipotent having all sides equal equilateral having almond-shaped eyes sloe- eyed having a long thin tail leptocercal having a low boiling point volatile having a meal ...
Louisa Pansegrouw, 1994
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The Philippine Journal of Fisheries
on level of perpendicular edge of eye; opercle and preopercle not very distinct except for traces of six gills slits above traces of branchiostegals. Entire finfold distinct which loops around arrow-pointed leptocercal caudal fin which is a ...
‎1957
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A Guide to the Study of Fishes
Caryphan(rides carapinus (Goode and Bean), showing leptocercal tail. Gulf Stream. cereal. A similar order is indicated by the sequence of fossil fishes in the rocks, although some forms of diphycercal tail may be produced by degeneration of ...
David Starr Jordan, 1905
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Academic Press Dictionary of Science and Technology
leptOCephalOUS larva Vertebrate Zoology, the small, translucent, small-headed, leaf-shaped larva of freshwater eels. leptocercal Vertebrate Zoology, of or relating to a long, slender, evenly tapering tail on a fish. Leptochoeridae Paleontology ...
Christopher G. Morris, 1992
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Chambers English-Hindi Dictionary
See leper. leptonn. %ЯРТ (aNfer) q^Tpftfe^T; p/. lepta; e</y. leptocephalic гГЧ * пчф ^Г; л. leptocephalus £?г ¡Ргятегт; adj. leptocercal atét 3ÍR ЧсПТГ <{ц цщт; л. leptodactyl ...
Sureśa Avasthī, Indujā Avasthī, 1981

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