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Definition of Antrorse
1. Adjective. Bent or curved forward or upward. "A plant having antrorse hairs on the stem"
Definition of Antrorse
1. a. Forward or upward in direction.
Definition of Antrorse
1. Adjective. (biology) curved forward and upward ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Antrorse
1. directed forward or upward [adj]
Medical Definition of Antrorse
1. Directed forwards or upwards. Compare: retrorse. (09 Oct 1997)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Antrorse
Literary usage of Antrorse
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Investigations of the Aquatic Resources and Fisheries of Porto Rico by United States Bureau of Fisheries, Barton Warren Evermann, Millard Caleb Marsh, William A. Wilcox (1900)
"Л. Frontal bones partly porous and gibbous; antrorse dorsal spine attached directly
to ... without antrorse spine; temporal crest very thin and high, ..."
2. American Food and Game Fishes: A Popular Account of All the Species Found in by David Starr Jordan, Barton Warren Evermann (1902)
"Body comparatively elongate, the depth | to £ the length; no length; preopercle
with a few antrorse serra; on its lower limb. hooked spinules on lower limb ..."
3. The Birds of North and Middle America: A Descriptive Catalogue of the Higher by Robert Ridgway (1907)
"Nostril (m*4 or partly covered by antrorse latero-frontal bristles) rather W1?
... bristles very strongly develops l"f antrorse latero-frontal feathers and ..."
4. A Manual of the Vertebrate Animals of the Northern United States: Including by David Starr Jordan (1904)
"Caudal lunate; tongue with teeth; preopercle without horizontal spine or antrorse
hooks. x. Dorsal fins separate; spines weak; anal rays about III, 12, ..."
5. Bulletin of the United States Fish Commission by United States Fish Commission (1902)
"¡I. Frontal bones partly porous and gibbous: antrorse dorsal spine attached ...
Krontal bone« not gibbous nor porous: antrorse dorsal spine attached to ..."
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