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Definition of Aboral

Aboral
Aboral Ab*o"ral, a. [L. ab. + E. oral.] (Zo["o]l.) Situated opposite to, or away from, the mouth.

Meaning of Aboral from wikipedia

- opposite aboral end (from Latin ab- 'away from') has no opening from the gut (coelenteron). They are radially symmetric around the oral-aboral axis. Having...
- usually five arms, though some species have a larger number of arms. The aboral or upper surface may be smooth, granular or spiny, and is covered with overlapping...
- top; the lower surface is described as "oral" and the upper surface as "aboral". Several sea urchins, however, including the sand dollars, are oval in...
- elongated at the axis of the vase-shaped body. In solitary polyps, the aboral (opposite to oral) end is attached to the substrate by means of a disc-like...
- Encope emarginata (aboral and oral faces) by Ernst Haeckel (1904)...
- of many species is almost radially symmetrical, the main axis is oral to aboral (from the mouth to the opposite end). However, since only two of the canals...
- compound ossicles that articulate with other ossicles and protrude from the aboral (upper) surface of some sea stars (and also the test of sea urchins). They...
- quantity Transverse plane, the plane orthogonal to the anteroposterior or oral-aboral axis Transverse rotors, a type of rotorcraft in which there are two rotors...
- characteristics from their pelagic counterparts, being highly flattened on their oral-aboral axis and having lost many key traits ****ociated with the phylum. Platyctenida...
- characterized by a pair of trailing gelatinous "wings" that extend beyond the aboral tip. Like other comb jellies, the body wall of nudans consists of an outer...