Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- In anat., pertaining to, resembling, or consisting of dartos; having slow involuntary contractility excitable by cold or mechanical stimulus, as the dartos.
- noun The dartoid tissue or tunic; the dartos.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective (Anat.) Like the dartos; dartoic.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective anatomy Like the
dartos ;dartoic .
Etymologies
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dartos + -oid
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Examples
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He stared at the robot and tried to entangle some dartoid muscles.
The Hitch Hikers Guide to the Galaxy Adams, Douglas 1996
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He stared at the robot and tried to entangle some dartoid muscles.
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy Adams, Douglas, 1952- 1979
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