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Ambulacral

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am·bu·lac·rum  (mby-lkrm, -lkrm)
n. pl. am·bu·lac·ra (-lkr, -lkr)
One of the five radial areas on the undersurface of the starfish and similar echinoderms, from which the tube feet are protruded and withdrawn.

[Latin ambulcrum, walk planted with trees, from ambulre, to walk; see ambhi in Indo-European roots.]

ambu·lacral adj.
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Adj.1.Ambulacral - pertaining to the ambulacra of radial echinodermsambulacral - pertaining to the ambulacra of radial echinoderms
zoological science, zoology - the branch of biology that studies animals


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