Rampway

noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A sloping path taking the form of a ramp.

    "The apparatus is simple, consisting of two horizontal rampways connected to a central pole. A prey item is placed on the pole, and the spider can access it only by walking up one or the other of the rampways."

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"The apparatus is simple, consisting of two horizontal rampways connected to a central pole. A prey item is placed on the pole, and the spider can access it only by walking up one or the other of the rampways."

Etymology

From ramp + way.

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