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zygomorphic


  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Zygomorphic  \Zyg`o*mor"phic\,  Zygomorphous  \Zyg`o*mor"phous\,  a. 
  [Gr.  ?  a  yoke  +  ?  form.]  (Biol.) 
  Symmetrical  bilaterally;  --  said  of  organisms,  or  parts  of 
  organisms,  capable  of  division  into  two  symmetrical  halves 
  only  in  a  single  plane. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  zygomorphic 
  adj  :  (biology)  capable  of  division  into  symmetrical  halves  by 
  only  one  longitudinal  plane  passing  through  the  axis 
  [syn:  {bilaterally  symmetrical},  {zygomorphous}]  [ant: 
  {actinomorphic}] 




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