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Meaning of "periproct" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF PERIPROCT

ˈpɛrɪˌprɒkt


GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF PERIPROCT

noun
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Periproct is a noun.
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WHAT DOES PERIPROCT MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Periproct

The periproct is the final body segment in annelid worms. The anus is located on this segment. The term also refers to the small region surrounding the anus of the sea urchin.

Definition of periproct in the English dictionary

The definition of periproct in the dictionary is a tough membranous area surrounding the anus in echinoderms and certain other invertebrates.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH PERIPROCT

blocked · brocked · concoct · crocked · deadlocked · decoct · dreadlocked · ectoproct · endoproct · entoproct · fetlocked · gridlocked · landlocked · locked · overstocked · percoct · shocked · smocked · unlocked · unstocked

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE PERIPROCT

peripherally · peripheric · peripherical · peripheries · periphery · periphonic · periphrase · periphrases · periphrasis · periphrastic · periphrastical · periphrastically · periphytic · periphyton · periplasm · periplast · periplus · peripter · peripteral · periptery

WORDS THAT END LIKE PERIPROCT

abstract · act · affect · as a matter of fact · collect · compact · conduct · connect · contact · contract · correct · ct · direct · district · effect · exact · expect · fact · impact · in the abstract

Synonyms and antonyms of periproct in the English dictionary of synonyms

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «PERIPROCT»

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Fossils in Earth Sciences
13.11 Periproct and Apical Disc Like peristome, periproct of echinoids is a similar membranous system of plates covering the anus during lifetime. In regular echinoids, periproct lies at the centre of aboral surface, diametrically opposite to ...
ANIS KUMAR RAY, 2008
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Professional Paper
Periproct small, high above posterior margin. Fasciole distinct. Length, 25 millimeters; width, 21.9 millimeters; height, 15.6 millimeters. This form was originally described by Morton in 1830; later, in 1833, it was considered by the same writer as ...
‎1924
3
Cenozoic Echinoids of Eastern United States
4 Ambulacra not petaloid, poriferous zones continuous ; outline oval. 5 Periproct supramnrginal, large ; peristome oblique Rhopostoma, n. gen. 5 Periproct inframarginal, large, elongated Echinoneut 4 Ambulacra subpetalold. 5 Periproct large ...
Charles Wythe Cooke, 1959
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A Field Guide to Fossils of Texas
Peristome is in center of test bottom, but periproct is also on under surface, unlike regular urchins. Periproct large, pointed on inner end and rounded on outer if such detail remains. Surface has only tiny perforate tubercles and appears fairly ...
Charles Finsley, 1999
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Echinoderm Research 2001
Nucleolites with reduced extraxial skeleton are considered as "advanced": genital 5, additional and catcnal plates are absent; the periproct opens between two interambulacrum areas made of axial skeleton. 3 SYSTEMAT1C AND TAXONOM ...
Jean-Pierre Feral, Bruno David, 2003
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Echinoderms: Munchen: Proceedings of the 11th International ...
This fact demonstrates the strong morphogenetic connection between the apical system and the periproct and helps to understand why the process of their separation in many lineages of Irregularia went on in such a slow and complicated ...
Thomas Heinzeller, James H. Nebelsick, 2005
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Geological Survey professional paper
all other American species of the genus in the great size of its periproct. In this feature it resembles H. macropyga (Agassiz), whose periproct is not pointed but rounded at the back. Holectypus (Caenholectypus) castilloi Cotteau Plate 21, ...
Geological Survey (U.S.), Geological Survey (U.S.). Geographic Names Information Management, 1955
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Echinodermata
In Echinosigra and Pourtalesia, the periproct rotates and becomes more and more vertical during growth (Fig. 4 A-B-C). This rotation induces, almost mechanically, the formation of the hood and rostum. In Spatagocystis, the hood becomes ...
Brendan F. Keegan, Brendan D.S. O'Connor, 1985
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A New Theoretical Model for Growth of the Echinoid Test
The peristome and periproct are membranous areas containing, respectively, the mouth and the anus. The periproct is located at the apex of the body in regular echinoids, directly opposite the peristome, and the line passing through the center ...
Louis George Zachos, 2008
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A Field Guide to the Atlantic Seashore: From the Bay of ...
Sea urchin tests have a large central opening above for the anus (periproct) and another below for the mouth (peristome). In Sand Dollars the peristome is at center below, periproct at disk margin. Peristome and periproct are at front and rear ...
Roger Tory Peterson, 1999
REFERENCE
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