actinal
Valid in Scrabble
- Scrabble points
- 9
- Words With Friends
- 12
- Letters
- 7
Definition of actinal
2 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included
adj
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Pertaining to the side or surface around the mouth in an animal that has radial symmetry such as a starfish.
“The so-called mouth is always placed at one of these poles, and from it radiate the most prominent organs, in consequence of which I have called this side of the body the oral or actinal area ...”
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adj
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Pertaining to the side or surface around the mouth in an animal that has radial symmetry such as a starfish.
“The so-called mouth is always placed at one of these poles, and from it radiate the most prominent organs, in consequence of which I have called this side of the body the oral or actinal area ...”
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Pertaining to the axis of rotational symmetry in radiate animals.
“[Professor Agassiz] gives the names of two axes of the animals; that around which the motion of the animal occurs is the actinal axis ...”
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Etymology
From Ancient Greek ἀκτίς, ἀκτῖν- (aktís, aktîn-, “ray”) + -al. The usage was coined by Louis Agassiz (See quotations below.).
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