Definition of Ambulacra

1. Noun. (plural of ambulacrum) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Ambulacra

1. ambulacrum [n] - See also: ambulacrum

Lexicographical Neighbors of Ambulacra

ambrosiac
ambrosial
ambrosially
ambrosian
ambrosias
ambrosin
ambrosins
ambrotype
ambrotypes
ambroxol
ambry
ambs
ambsace
ambsaces
ambulacra (current term)
ambulacral
ambulacriform
ambulacrum
ambulacrums
ambulance
ambulance chaser
ambulance chasers
ambulanceman
ambulancemen
ambulances
ambulancewoman
ambulancewomen
ambulant
ambulant erysipelas

Literary usage of Ambulacra

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

1. The Popular Science Monthly by Harry Houdini Collection (Library of Congress) (1885)
"... spines for co-ordinated action is highly remarkable and interesting. Thus, for instance, if an urchin be taken FIGS. 11 AND 12.—SIGHTING AND ambulacra! ..."

2. The microscope and its revelations by William Benjamin Carpenter (1856)
"... or rosette which is contained in the tip of every one of the tubular suckers put forth '>y the living Echinus from the ambulacra! pores of its shell. ..."

3. Transactions of the Connecticut Academy of Arts and Sciences by Connecticut Academy of Arts and Sciences (1871)
"In Metalia the ambulacra! petals are more sunken than in Pl<ii//n,t- otus, and this is notably the case in M. nobilis. ..."

4. Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Standard Work of Reference in Art, Literature (1907)
"The five оси- Far plates are situated radially, crowning the apical ends of the ambulacra ; on the surface of each is a depression, having a pore for an ..."

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