Definition of Bilaterally symmetric

1. Adjective. Having identical parts on each side of an axis.

Exact synonyms: Bilateral, Bilaterally Symmetrical, Isobilateral
Similar to: Symmetric, Symmetrical
Derivative terms: Bilaterality

Lexicographical Neighbors of Bilaterally Symmetric

bilateral hermaphroditism
bilateral hydronephrosis
bilateral large kidneys
bilateral left-sidedness
bilateral mastectomy
bilateral medial orbital ecchymoses
bilateral pleurisy
bilateral symmetry
bilateral synchrony
bilateralism
bilateralisms
bilateralist
bilateralists
bilaterality
bilaterally
bilaterally symmetric (current term)
bilaterally symmetrical
bilateran
bilaterian
bilaterians
bilats
bilayer
bilayered
bilayerlike
bilayers
bilberries
bilberry
bilberrying
bilbies
bilbo

Literary usage of Bilaterally symmetric

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. A Treatise on Zoology by Edwin Ray Lankester (1900)
"... the almost bilaterally symmetric larva is transformed into the almost radially symmetric adult. This metamorphosis undoubtedly represents the changes ..."

2. Journal of the New York Entomological Society by New York Entomological Society (1900)
"... small and very slender ; tibial spurs small and much less developed than usual. The antennas are bilaterally symmetric, shorter and more compact than in ..."

3. The American Geologist: A Monthly Journal of Geology and Allied Sciences by Newton Horace Winchell (1903)
"This fact, pointing to a strong dependence upon the bottom, together with the bilaterally symmetric form of the shell, has led me to the supposition that ..."

4. Journal of Anatomy and Physiology by Anatomical Society of Great Britain and Ireland (1893)
"3) of the embryo have exercised their own proper and distinct formative influence « this part of the alimentary tract, so that a bilaterally symmetric^ ..."

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