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Pediculate vs Sessile - What's the difference?

pediculate | sessile |

In zoology|lang=en terms the difference between pediculate and sessile

is that pediculate is (zoology) of or relating to the pediculati while sessile is (zoology) permanently attached to a substrate; not free to move about; “an attached oyster”.

As adjectives the difference between pediculate and sessile

is that pediculate is (zoology) of or relating to the pediculati while sessile is (zoology) permanently attached to a substrate; not free to move about; “an attached oyster”.

pediculate

English

Adjective

(-)
  • (zoology) Of or relating to the Pediculati.
  • (Webster 1913)

    sessile

    Adjective

    (-)
  • (zoology) permanently attached to a substrate; not free to move about; “an attached oyster”
  • (botany) attached directly by the base; not having an intervening stalk.
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  • The sporophyte foot is also characteristic: it is very broad and more or less lenticular or disciform, as broad or broader than the calyptra stalk

    Derived terms

    * subsessile

    Synonyms

    * (not free to move) attached, fixed, immobile

    Antonyms

    * (not free to move) mobile

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