- actinotrich
- -a, -usGk aktinos, ray; thrix, hair. With hairs radiating from the orifice of the leaf-sheath
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actinotrich — a slender, horny, flexible, unsegmented fibril which strengthens the embryonic fin fold and which may persist in the outer edge of the adult fin membrane or in the adipose fin. It develops intercellularly rather than cellularly. Persists in fins… … Dictionary of ichthyology
actinotrich — ac·tin·o·trich … English syllables
actinotrich — noun see actinotrichium … Useful english dictionary
actinotrichium — (plural actinotrichia) actinotrich … Dictionary of ichthyology
dermotrichium — (plural dermotrichia)) the fin ray, of 4 types: ceratotrich (in cartilaginous fishes), actinotrich (in cartilaginous and bony fishes), lepidotrichs (only in bony fishes) and camptotrichs (in Dipnoi and Crossopterygi). Spiny rays in Actinopterygii … Dictionary of ichthyology
