Aquapharyngeal

adj

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Adjective
  1. 1
    Of or pertaining to the bulb-like anterior part of a sea cucumber, containing the pharynx and water vascular system. not-comparable

    "Tentacles are inserted rhythmically into the mouth as a result of the co-ordinated actions of the aquapharyngeal complex which is essentially similar in structure in all holothurians (Fig. 1)."

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"Tentacles are inserted rhythmically into the mouth as a result of the co-ordinated actions of the aquapharyngeal complex which is essentially similar in structure in all holothurians (Fig. 1)."

Etymology

From aqua- + pharyngeal. From French aquo-pharyngien, coined by French marine biologist Edgard Hérouard in 1889 based on its constituent parts.

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