Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Situated toward or near the mouth.
from The Century Dictionary.
- In zoology, situated at or near the mouth; being relatively toward the mouth: the opposite of
aboral .
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- adjective Located near the
mouth .
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Examples
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A ring of long cirri surround the anterior end and pass into the peristome, and from the left edge of this line of cirri a large adoral zone continues down to the mouth.
Marine Protozoa from Woods Hole Bulletin of the United States Fish Commission 21:415-468, 1901 1906
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With cilia in region of adoral Order _Peritrichida_ zone, and about mouth only
Marine Protozoa from Woods Hole Bulletin of the United States Fish Commission 21:415-468, 1901 1906
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Thecate forms; the body is Family _Tintinnidæ_ attached by a stalk to the cup; within the adoral zone is a ring of cilia.
Marine Protozoa from Woods Hole Bulletin of the United States Fish Commission 21:415-468, 1901 1906
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The motile organs consist of an adoral zone of membranelles, which stretch along the left edge of the peristome and the front edge of the body.
Marine Protozoa from Woods Hole Bulletin of the United States Fish Commission 21:415-468, 1901 1906
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The lines of cilia converge at the mouth, and at this region the cilia are somewhat larger and more distinct, thus forming a functional adoral zone.
Marine Protozoa from Woods Hole Bulletin of the United States Fish Commission 21:415-468, 1901 1906
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The peristome is well-marked by the adoral zone, and upon its right border there is a row of cilia, and a similar row of cilia runs along the base of the oral membranelle.
Marine Protozoa from Woods Hole Bulletin of the United States Fish Commission 21:415-468, 1901 1906
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The adoral zone and peristome agree with the details given in the family characteristics.
Marine Protozoa from Woods Hole Bulletin of the United States Fish Commission 21:415-468, 1901 1906
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The adoral zone consists of powerful membranelles arranged in a continuous curve from the mouth to the extreme right frontal margin.
Marine Protozoa from Woods Hole Bulletin of the United States Fish Commission 21:415-468, 1901 1906
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Membranelles very large and Genus _Actinotricha_ powerful; adoral zone not continued to mouth; 5 anal cirri
Marine Protozoa from Woods Hole Bulletin of the United States Fish Commission 21:415-468, 1901 1906
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The region surrounded by the adoral zone is frequently drawn out into an anterior process, occasionally bearing a pigment mass.
Marine Protozoa from Woods Hole Bulletin of the United States Fish Commission 21:415-468, 1901 1906
hernesheir commented on the word adoral
Very economical railroad telegraph shorthand for "Advertising 1000-mile tickets, great care should be used in phraseology, in order that no exceptions can be taken by our competitors". --US Railway Assn. Standard Cipher Code, 1906.
January 19, 2013