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Actinal vs Aclinal - What's the difference?

actinal | aclinal |

As adjectives the difference between actinal and aclinal

is that actinal is (zoology) pertaining to the side or surface around the mouth in an animal that has radial symmetry such as a starfish while aclinal is having no dip; horizontal.

actinal

English

Adjective

(head)
  • (zoology) Pertaining to the side or surface around the mouth in an animal that has radial symmetry such as a starfish.
  • * 1857 , Professor Louis Agassiz, Natural History of North America, Vol. IV , page 376,
    • 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 ...
  • (zoology) Pertaining to the axis of rotational symmetry in radiate animals.
  • * 1861 , John Timbs, Charles W. Vincent, James Mason, The Year-book of Facts in Science and Art , Simpkin, Marshall, and Co., page 214,
    • [Professor Agassiz] gives the names of two axes of the animals; that around which the motion of the animal occurs is the actinal axis ...

    See also

    * abactinal

    aclinal

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Having no dip; horizontal

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